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.

July 14, 2011 | admin

Russia’s official investigation of the murder of Chechen human rights activist Natalya Estemirova is being carried out in a dishonest fashion, according to Presidential Council on the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights member Svetlana Gannushkina, the Other Russia reports.

July 13, 2011 | admin

Human Rights Center “Memorial” has reported that a press-conference and presentation of a documentary movie about the murder of Chechen human rights activist Natalya Estemirova will take place.

May 24, 2011 | admin

Italian journalist Andrea Riscassi has reported that there was a special event in Milan, Italy which was dedicated to the memory of Chechen human rights activist, Natalya Estemirova.

October 21, 2010 | admin

During a conference on “Strengthening Human Rights in Russia” organized by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in cooperation with Amnesty International Norway in Oslo in late September this year, a resolution establishing the “Natalya Estemirova Documentation Center” was adopted by a group of nine leading Russian and international human rights organizations.

September 3, 2010 | admin

Extremely brave is the first characteristic you hear when interviewing people who had known Natalya Estemirova as a colleague, friend, journalist and human rights advocate.

July 20, 2010 | admin

We carry a photograph in today’s issue which makes it appear that a malignant Vladimir Putin is controlling a puppet Dima Medvedev by remote control. Truly, one picture is worth a thousand words. Or, in this case, screams.

July 16, 2010 | admin

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, published on 15 July his comment about the first death anniversary of Natalya Estemirova and said the guilty of this heinous crime must be brought to justice.

July 14, 2010 | admin

International human rights organizations “The Observatory” and “Front Line” released a joint statement that demand an effective investigation on murder of Natalya Estemirova and point out the ongoing human rights violations in Chechnya.

July 10, 2010 | admin

Human Rights Center “Memorial” reported that on July 8, 2010, at 12 a.m. in the Independent press-center at Moscow a press-conference which names “Questions to Investigation of Natalya Estemirova’s murder” took place.

May 29, 2010 | admin

In the summer of 2004, two years and four months before she was gunned down in the entrance to her Moscow apartment, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya made a bold visit to Chechnya to interview 27-year-old Ramzan Kadirov, who had recently become (with the Kremlin’s blessing) the republic’s de-facto leader. It proved to be a harrowing experience. When they met face to face, Kadirov could not contain his rage at Politkovskaya for reporting on his brutal rise to power, even threatening to have her shot. Politkovskaya concluded later that “a little dragon has been raised by the Kremlin. Now they need […]

May 16, 2010 | admin

In recent days, President of the Russian Federation  Dmitry Medvedev and his delegation -includes  Ramzan Kadyrov, ringleader of puppet regime which is established in occupied Chechnya- made an official visit to Turkey.

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 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”.

January 27, 2010 | admin

As stated by Svetlana Gannushkina, head of the Committee “Civil Assistance”, the criminal investigation on Natalya Estemirova’s murder faces problems, although inspectors are still going to round it up. Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”, believes that involvement of power agents in her murder should be considered as one of the main versions in searching the criminals.

January 10, 2010 | admin

Aliskhan Pliyev was talking on his cell phone with his girlfriend one autumn afternoon when two dozen masked men in uniforms stormed into his family’s house, grabbed him and began to hustle him away.

January 4, 2010 | admin

Human rights activists have become the “new dissidents” in Russia under the government of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, according to human rights organizations.

December 21, 2009 | admin

Today the Spanish newspaper “Gara” has published an interview with Svetlana Gannushkina, chairwoman of the Civic Assistance Committee for Refugees and heads of the Migration and Law Network of the Human Rights Center Memorial, honored with Sakharov Prize, on the terrible situation in Chechnya and Russia.

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 1, 2009 | admin

The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journal, has published an article on human rights and health situation in Chechnya.

November 29, 2009 | admin

From time to time Natalya Estemirova, a tireless, seemingly fearless defender of the human rights of fellow Chechens, held public vigils in her republic, defiantly holding up the photos of people who had vanished.