• Residents of Kudepsta, Sochi painted, "No to the Kudepsta power station!" on a bridge at the power plant site. Residents fear pollution, devaluation of properties, and devastation of the natural landscape and of the town's appeal as a tourist destination.
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    Russia: Security Forces Shut Down Protest at Sochi Olympic Site
    Police and private security forces forcibly dispersed a group of residents protesting construction at a proposed power plant site in the Hosta district of Sochi on April 29. The security forces injured some protestors while aggressively dragging some of them off of a temporary bridge being built to enable machinery access the site.
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  • UAE/UK: Cameron Should Demand Torture Inquiry
    Apr 30, 2013
    Prime Minister David Cameron should demand a thorough and independent investigation by the UAE authorities into credible allegations of torture by three British nationals.
  • Russia: Security Forces Shut Down Protest at Sochi Olympic Site
    Apr 30, 2013
    Police and private security forces forcibly dispersed a group of residents protesting construction at a proposed power plant site in the Hosta district of Sochi on April 29. The security forces injured some protestors while aggressively dragging some of them off of a temporary bridge being built to enable machinery access the site.
  • Russia: Voters’ Group First Victim of ‘Foreign Agent’ Law
    Apr 25, 2013
    The decision of a Moscow court on April 25, 2013, to fine an independent nongovernmental organization and its leader is an alarming indicator for the future of civil society in Russia.
  • If all options are open, why not prosecute Abu Qatada in the UK?
    Apr 25, 2013
    Listening to Theresa May’s statement to Parliament today, it seems the British government is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan to face terrorism charges.
  • Turkey: Justice Central to Kurdish Peace Process
    Apr 25, 2013
    Justice for the thousands of state-perpetrated killings and disappearances of Kurdish civilians in the 1990s should be an essential part of the peace process under way in Turkey. Human Rights Watch released a video outlining the events of that era, with family members whose loved ones were killed describing the lack of justice ever since.
  • North Caucasus
    Apr 24, 2013
    The recent Boston Marathon bombings have pushed the blood-soaked history of Chechyna back to the top of the news agenda. Human Rights Watch has a long history of work in the region, generating a substantive body of research on Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia.
  • Russia: Worst Human Rights Climate in Post-Soviet Era
    Apr 24, 2013
    The Russian government has unleashed a crackdown on civil society in the year since Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency that is unprecedented in the country’s post-Soviet history.
  • Serbia/Kosovo: Landmark Opportunity for Human Rights
    Apr 23, 2013
    The April 19 agreement between Serbia and Kosovo offers a landmark opportunity to improve human rights protection in both countries.
  • Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Abuses in International Spotlight
    Apr 22, 2013
    Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan’s highly repressive policies are coming up for rare international scrutiny on April 22 and 24, 2013. United Nations member countries gathering at the Human Rights Council in Geneva under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) procedure should seize the opportunity to expose and denounce the ongoing repression in both countries and press for concrete steps to end abuses.
  • Tajikistan: Investigate Attack on Opposition Leader
    Apr 20, 2013
    Tajik authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the brutal beating of an opposition leader.
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