July 15, 2011 | admin

On July 14, in the Independent Press Center a press conference “The First Results of Independent Investigation into the Murder of Natalya Estemirova” took place in Moscow.

June 7, 2011 | admin

Human Rights Center “Memorial” has reported that armed and unknown men broke into the Human Rights Center in Grozny and threatened the staff of the organization.

January 31, 2011 | admin

For several years, I have been working in the Human Rights Center “Memorial”. From the residents of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria I have heard one hundred stories about atrocities conducted by Russian servicemen against defenseless and peaceful people during so-called “counterterrorist operations”.

December 24, 2010 | admin

According to the Human Rights Center “Memorial”, relatives of those serving sentences in penal colonies have been in touch with them recently to complain about the ongoing poor treatment.

July 8, 2010 | admin

On July 3, 2010 at 22.40 with Moscow time, in an interview to puppet TV channel “Grozny”, Ramzan Kadirov named members of Human Rights Center “Memorial” and other human rights defenders the enemies of the people, enemies of the law and of the his puppet government.

May 12, 2010 | admin

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Center “Memorial”, Civil Rights Defenders, Norvegian Helsinki Committee and People in Need published a joint press release for new evidences about the murder of Chechen asylum seeker Umar Israilov in Vienna.

March 30, 2010 | admin

Human Rights Center “Memorial” reported that on March 24-26, 2010 the delegation of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) headed by Dick Marty – PACE speaker, head of the PACE Commission on legal issues and human rights, visited Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan.

March 23, 2010 | admin

Human Rights Center Memorial reported that national traitors in fighting with Chechen mujahedeen does not change and still comprises threats and pressure on relatives and putting their houses on fire.  

February 28, 2010 | admin

People in Chechnya are sceptical to the news that the murderer of the well-known human rights defender Natalya Estemirova, kidnapped and assassinated on July 15, 2009, is established. Her colleagues believe that inspectors know already for a long time the executors and organizers of this crime; however, they doubt that the names will ever be disclosed.

February 19, 2010 | admin

Russia urged the U.N.’s top human rights body on 18 February to suppress a report on secret detention centers that includes interviews with unnamed Chechens alleging they were tortured in covert prisons operated by Kremlin.

February 15, 2010 | admin

On February 11-12, 2010 a special operation was held at the border of the Chechenya and Ingushetia in the outskirts of the village of Arshty and Dattykh in a woodland. As a result Russian occupying forces reported on destruction of the large Chechen mujahedeen unit, denying any victims among civilians. Meanwhile as early as in the morning February 12, there appeared information on large civilian casualties during the special operation.

February 7, 2010 | admin

The film we present below is dedicated to the massacre in the village of Novy Aldy on February 5, 2000. This incident was one of the most terrible and bloody pages of the Russian occupation in Chechnya.

February 5, 2010 | admin

On February 4, 2010, at 12:00, a press-conference “Cleansing in Novy Aldy (New Aldy) – To the 10th Anniversary of the Tragedy” organized at Independent  Press Center and the presented of the film “Aldy, without a limitation period”.

February 2, 2010 | admin

Candidates for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize include a Russian human rights group, a Chinese dissident and an inanimate object: the Internet, people who made the nominations said Tuesday.

December 16, 2009 | admin

Russian human rights group Memorial has resumed its activities in Chechnya, the director of the group said today at a press conference after the Sakharov Prize ceremony in the Parliament of Europe.

December 12, 2009 | admin

The European Parliament presents a great opportunity to exchange with this year’s Sakharov Prize winner Oleg Orlov from Memorial, with organizing a web chat.

November 23, 2009 | admin

Kavkaz-Uzel reported, On Thursday, November 20, the Reception Centre of Foreign Press in Paris hosted a press conference of Arseniy Roginskiy, a well-known Russian historian, human rights activist and chair of the board of the Society “Memorial”.

November 18, 2009 | admin

Sweden has become the base of human rights defenders before the summit between European Union (EU) and Russia in Stockholm. The raising voice was on “Justice for Chechnya”!

November 15, 2009 | admin

On November 14, 2009, in Göttingen city of Germany, Human Rights Center “Memorial” received the Victor Gollancz* prize for defending rights of threatened peoples.

November 8, 2009 | admin

Human rights defenders came together for Natalya at an event which name is “Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalya Estemirova”.

November 4, 2009 | admin

El Periódico, a Catalan newspaper did an exclusive interview with Usam Baysayev, a member of Human Rights Center “Memorial” which was awarded with Sakharov Prize by European Parliament in this year. We present you Usam Baysayev’s interview underlined the sadistic methods which is carried out by Russian invaders and their collaborators in Chechnya.

October 22, 2009 | admin

Three abducted Chechen civilian have been released, after the new method of work by HRC Memorial and EHRAC.