November 27, 2009 | admin

On November 24, the British Foreign Press Association Media Awards 2009 presented to its winners in London. One of the awards went to Lucy Ash and Nick Sturdee on their radio broadcasting at BBC about women in Chechnya.

November 26, 2009 | admin

40 IFEX members are marking the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women” on 25 November, with a joint call for action.

November 25, 2009 | admin

The British newspaper Guardian reported, following controversies on pro-Moscow Chechen leader Kadirov, the British Horseracing Authority is bringing in new rules for next year that would ban Kadirov, and others of questionable character, from racing horses in Britain.

November 24, 2009 | admin

Activists of ten NGOs from different regions of Russia and Chechnya have announced establishment of the Public Commission on Chechnya, which will have its main tasks in defending victims of torture and inhuman treatment and bringing those guilty of rough violations of human rights or of failure to take the necessary measures to prevent such violations and punish for them to responsibility.

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 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 30, 2009 | admin

“When was the last time that killings of human rights activists were so blatant, and so common?”

October 17, 2009 | admin

Russia was grilled on Thursday by United Nations (U.N.) human rights experts over murders of journalists and activists, the independence of its judiciary and abductions in Chechnya.

October 16, 2009 | admin

Yesterday was three months after the day, when Natalya Estemirova, a well-known Chechen human rights defender and employee of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Center “Memorial”, was kidnapped in Chechnya and then found murdered in Ingushetia. Until now, the investigation is unaware either of the murderers or the customers of this crime.

October 10, 2009 | admin

The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) has congratulated US President Barack Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, but says Natalya Estemirova, a Chechen rights activist would have been a more deserving choice.

October 6, 2009 | admin

Amnesty International*, U.S. based human rights organization, calls to Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russian Federation for end attacks on human rights activists in North Caucasus and Russia.

October 2, 2009 | admin

The deteriorating human rights situation in Russia, especially the Northern Caucasus, was the focus of a public hearing at the European Parliament on October 1, 2009, involving MEPs and Russian activists. One issue discussed was how best to strike a balance between dialogue and pressure in relations with the Russian authorities.

September 29, 2009 | admin

Russia has ignored of a series of judgments by the European Court of Human Rights on Chechnya, fueling unchecked violence in the North Caucasus, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on September 27, 2009.

September 21, 2009 | admin

Award-winning human rights activist Natalya Estemirova was determined to expose some of the shocking abuses taking place in Chechnya – but just weeks after giving this moving interview to BBC radio correspondent Lucy Ash, Natalya’s bullet-riddled body was found by the side of a road.

September 19, 2009 | admin

The  members of local NGO “Lam” in Argun city of Chechnya reported that two members of their organization were abducted.

September 9, 2009 | admin

The work of the Human Rights Center “Memorial” in the Chechnya can be resumed within the nearest weeks. On September 7,  the employees of the Chechen branch of the HRC “Memorial” held a meeting and made a decision to restart their work in Chechnya.

September 1, 2009 | admin

NGO members have held an action in Chechnya in memory of the human rights activists and journalists, who were assassinated or fell victim of extrajudicial executions, with participation of Lyudmila Alekseeva, chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG).

August 31, 2009 | admin

Lord Rea and Lord Judd sent a letter to the Russian Ambassador in the UK on the recent murders of Natalya Estemirova, Zarema Sadulayeva and Alik Dzhabrailov.

August 31, 2009 | admin

According to Turkish daily newspaper “Sabah”, Prof.Dr.Yakin Erturk, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women appealed to Russia for installing an independent investigation committee for Natalya Estemirova who dedicated herself to human rights violations in Chechnya.

August 24, 2009 | admin

In the middle of August 2009, an international conference held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan with the participation of human rights defenders, social workers, members of Council For Cooperation with Chechnya and Sharkhan Gakaev, a Chechen and the representative of “Free Caucasus” group in Japan.

August 21, 2009 | admin

Akhmed Gisaev, a Chechen human rights activist, and his family have left Chechnya because they fear for their lives.