(Moscow) – The Boston Marathon bombings have pushed the turbulent history of Chechnya back to the top of the news agenda. Human Rights Watch has a long history of research in the region, generating a substantive body of research on Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia.
Reports:
Chechnya:
- “You Dress According to Their Rules”: Enforcement of an Islamic Dress Code for Women in Chechnya (2011)
- “Who Will Tell Me What Happened to My Son?”: Russia’s Implementation of European Court of Human Rights Judgements on Chechnya (2009)
- “What Your Children Do Will Touch Upon You”: Punitive House-Burning in Chechnya (2009)
- Justice for Chechnya: The European Court of Human Rights Rules against Russia (2007)
- Widespread Torture in the Chechen Republic: Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper for the 37th Session UN Committee Against Torture (2006)
- “Welcome to Hell”: Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Extortion in Chechnya (2000)
- A Legacy of Abuse (1997)
Ingushetia:
Press releases/Op-Eds:
Chechnya:
- Virtue Campaign on Women in Chechnya under Ramzan Kadyrov (2012)
- Russia: Protect Human Rights Defenders in Chechnya (2012)
- Russia: Bring Natalia Estemirova’s Murderers to Justice (2012)
- Russia: Remembering Natalia Estemirova, and Why Her Courage Lives On (2012)
- Russia: Chechnya Enforcing Islamic Dress Code (2011)
- Russia: Making Justice Count in Chechnya (2011)
- Russia: Celebrities Should Refuse Pay for Chechnya Gala (2011)
- Chechnya: Choked by Headscarves (2010)
- Russia: Leading Chechnya Rights Activist Murdered (2009)
- Top Chechnya Rights Defender is Brutally Slain (2009)
- Natalia Estemirova, Champion of Ordinary Chechens (2009)
Dagestan:
- Russia: Strictly Respect Rights in Dagestan Killing Inquiry (2012)
- Caucasian Prisoners (or how not to deal with militancy in Dagestan (2011)
- Russia: Investigate Murder of Dagestan Publisher (2011)
- The Black Widows of Dagestan: Media Hype and Genuine Harm (2010)
- Dagestan: A Wahhabi Village (2009)
- Russia: Investigate Dagestan Arson Attack (2009)
- Dagestan: curse of the sixth department (2009)
Ingushetia: