• Lengthy Prison Sentences in Israilov Case

    June 2, 2011 | admin

    After a six and a half month trial on the murder of Chechen refugee Umar Israilov, the Vienna Criminal Court (Landesgericht für Strafsachen) in Austria returned three guilty verdicts.

  • Hearings Complete in Israilov Case

    June 1, 2011 | admin

    The Vienna Criminal Court (Landesgericht für Strafsachen) in Austria hosted the final hearing on the murder of Chechen refugee, Umar Israilov. It is expected that the verdict will be announced on June 1.

  • New Round in the Trial of Israilov Murder

    May 25, 2011 | admin

    On May 24, the trial of Umar Israilov alleged murders continued at the Vienna Criminal Court (Landesgericht für Strafsachen) in Austria.

  • Gauquelin: “The Murder of Umar Israilov Shocked Austria”

    May 18, 2011 | admin

    The winner of the Louise Weiss Prize 2011, French journalist Blaise Gauquelin gave an interview to Radio France Internationale’s Russian version about Chechen asylum seekers in Austria and the murder of Umar Israilov.

  • Trial of Umar Israilov’s Accused Murderers Continues

    March 26, 2011 | admin

    On March 25th, the trial of Umar Israilov’s accused murderers continued at the Vienna Criminal Court (Landesgericht für Strafsachen) in Austria.

  • Israilov Murder Trial: No End in Sight

    March 15, 2011 | admin

    After a seven week break, today in Vienna, the Umar Israilov murder trial continued. However, it seems that the process will take longer than expected.

  • Murder Trial in Vienna Continues

    January 26, 2011 | admin

    The trial of the accused killers of Chechen asylum seeker Umar Israilov continued on January 24 and 25.

  • Witness Does Not Remember Anything Due to Fear

    January 19, 2011 | admin

    The trial of the three perpetrators in the murder of Umar Israilov continued today with further testimony before the Vienna Criminal Court (Landesgericht für Strafsachen) in Austria.

  • Israilov’s Family Members Stand Witness

    December 4, 2010 | admin

    On December 3rd, the trial of the suspected murders of Umar Israilov continued in the Vienna State Criminal Court. Israilov’s widow and father were heard as witnesses.

  • First Part of Umar Israilov Murder Trial is Complete

    November 30, 2010 | admin

    The first part of Chechen refugee Umar Israilov’s murder trial in Vienna concluded on November 26, 2010.

  • Trial in Vienna Continues

    November 23, 2010 | admin

    The trial related to the murder of Umar Israilov in Vienna continues in Austria.

  • Trial Against Kadyrov’s Hitmen Begins in Austria

    November 17, 2010 | admin

    On November 16th, three Kadyrovites went on trial in Austria in connection with the murder of Chechen refugee, Umar Israilov, in 2009.

  • Murder in Vienna Leads Investigators to Kadirov

    June 25, 2010 | admin

    In January 2009, an asylum seeker from Chechnya was gunned down in front of a supermarket in Vienna. Austrian investigators now say that their inquiries have led them to suspect that [puppet] Chechen President Ramzan Kadirov may have been behind the slaying. Their findings could strain relations between Europe and Russia.

  • Final Report Names Puppet Kadirov as Suspect

    May 26, 2010 | admin

    The Austrian State Offices of Domestic Security and Counter-Terrorism has finished its final report about Umar Israilov who was killed in 2009 in Vienna. Ramzan Kadirov, ringleader of puppet regime in Chechnya, has been accused as a suspect in the final report.

  • Brothers, Bread and the Bosphorus

    May 22, 2010 | admin

    Most of the 1,500 Chechen refugees who have been living in Turkey for years are yet to be given official refugee status by the Turkish government. Without that status, they are not permitted by law to have a job or attend schools in the country. The refugees, many of whom had to flee Russia’s wars in Chechnya, are pushing Turkish officials to grant them those rights. But as Imran Garda reports from Turkey, there may be a political motive that has kept Turkish officials from making the move.

  • Investigation Links Critic’s Death to Top Chechens

    April 26, 2010 | admin

    Umar S. Israilov, a whistleblower living in hiding after accusing Chechnya’s pro-Russian president of personally participating in torture, kidnapping and murder, was gunned down here last year as he stepped from a grocery store with yogurt, eggs and bags of M&M’s and Gummi Bears for his three young children.

  • Wife of Slain Chechen Refugee Accused Kadirov

    January 15, 2010 | admin

    Österreich, an Austrian newspaper, has published a hot interview with Malika Israilova, wife of Chechen refugee Umar Israilov who was killed on 13 January 2009 in the streets of Vienna.

  • Prisoners were Tortured by Kadirov

    November 18, 2009 | admin

    Swedish Radio Echo broadcasted an interview yesterday with Sharpuddi Israilov, father of Umar Israilov who was killed by hitmen of Kadirov on 13 June 2009 in Vienna, and Sharpuddi said he is an eyewitness of Kadirov’s torture.

  • Bob Brown:”Neither Kadirov Nor His Horses Should Be Let Into Australia”

    September 22, 2009 | admin

    Ramzan Kadirov, the puppet leader of pro-Moscow totalitarian regime in Chechnya has come under fire in Australia after it was revealed that two of his elite racehorses would participate in high-profile races in Melbourne this fall.