Russia

Defenders in Danger -- Rights Watch #19

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:46:13 -0800

Journalist Elena Milashina continues to document abuses at the hands of the Russian government -- even though several of her colleagues have been killed for their work.

Russia: Drop Criminal Libel Charges Against Activist

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:23:46 -0700

(Moscow) - Russian authorities should immediately drop criminal libel charges against Oleg Orlov, the prominent activist who heads Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch said today. The charges stem from Orlov's statement that Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya, was responsible for the murder of Natalia Estemirova, Memorial's leading researcher in Chechnya.

Memorandum in advance of EU-Russia Human Rights Consultations

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:38 -0700

Human Rights Watch appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing preparations for the November 5-6, 2009 EU-Russia human rights consultations in Stockholm.

Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalia Estemirova

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:19:46 -0700

PEN American Center, Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists, CUNY's School of Journalism, and WITNESS present:

Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalia Estemirova

Featuring

What an Olympic Glow can't Mask

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:45:19 -0700

Letter to Yuri Chaika, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Regarding Recent Disappearances in Dagestan

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:39:18 -0700

Yuri Chaika

Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation

Dear Mr. Chaika,

Russia: Memorial Awarded Sakharov Prize

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:12:06 -0700

(Moscow) - The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Memorial, a leading Russian human rights organization and to the prominent human rights activists Ludmilla Alekseeva, Sergei Kovalev, and Oleg Orlov, and other Russian human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today.

Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:07:47 -0700

(New York) - The award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama should encourage him to apply his stated principles to both foreign and domestic human rights policy, Human Rights Watch said today.

Chechnya: president wins Estemirova “defamation” trial

Tanya Lokshina, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Russia office — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:59:23 -0700

Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov has won a defamation case against human rights group Memorial and its head, Oleg Orlov. But the trial has given the organisation a chance to address the injustices in the region. Tanya Lokshina reports

Georgia/Russia: A Year Later, Justice Still Needed

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:36:10 -0700