President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia should ensure that the investigation into the murder of the human rights defender Natalia Estemirova fully examines the possibility of official involvement, Human Rights Watch said today.

Dear President Medvedev,

(MOSCOW) - They found the body of my friend Natalya Estemirova on Wednesday. She had been abducted by unidentified men that morning in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, where she lived and worked as a human rights defender.

(Moscou, le 15 juillet 2009) - Natalia Estemirova, une éminente militante russe des droits humains qui travaillait en Tchétchénie, a été retrouvée morte, abattue en Ingouchie, le 15 juillet 2009, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd'hui.

(Moscow) - Russian federal and Chechen authorities should immediately put a stop to home burnings and other collective punishment practices against families of alleged insurgents in Chechnya, and ensure meaningful accountability for perpetrators of human rights violations in the region, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

(Moskau, 10. März 2011) – Die tschetschenischen Behörden unterwerfen Frauen verpflichtenden islamischen Bekleidungsvorschriften und billigen gewaltsame Übergriffe auf Frauen, die sich „unsittlich“ kleiden, so Human Rights Watch in einem heute veröffentlichten Bericht. Die russische Regierung hat bislang nicht auf diese Verletzung der Frauenrechte in Tschetschenien reagiert.

(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.

(Москва) - Российские власти должны немедленно прекратить уголовное преследование руководителя правозащитного центра «Мемориал», заявила Хьюман Райтс Вотч.