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July 4, 2023 Statement

Journalist and Human Rights Lawyer Viciously Attacked in Chechnya

Hold to Account those Responsible for Beating Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov

Elena Milashina in a hospital in Grozny, Chechnya after being violently attack on July 4, 2023
February 27, 2023 Statement

Russia: Man ‘Disappeared,’ Apparently for His Sexual Orientation

Chechen Authorities Should Immediately Free Idris Arsamikov

October 25, 2022 News Release

Russia: Appeal in Trumped-Up Chechnya Conviction

2 Critics Over LGBT Rights Were Tortured and Later Kidnapped and Put on Trial.

Men carrying a banner reading “Putin and Kadyrov are Russia’s foundation”. Grozny, Chechnya, January 2016.
February 9, 2022 Commentary

Moscow Plays a Weak Hand on Lawlessness in Chechnya

Men carrying a banner reading “Putin and Kadyrov are Russia’s foundation”. Grozny, Chechnya, January 2016.
February 9, 2021 Statement

Ensure safety of two Chechen men arbitrarily detained and forcibly transferred to Chechnya

Joint statement on Russian Federation

A victim of the purge telling his story in a safe house in central Russia in April 2017.
September 29, 2020 Statement

Statement by Russian and International Human Rights Organizations on the Case of Salman Tepsurkaev

A victim of the purge telling his story in a safe house in central Russia in April 2017.
May 28, 2019 News Release

Russia: Chechnya Gay Purge Responders Threatened

Reports of Forced Entry, Death Threats

Igor Kochetkov speaking at the European Parliament about persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya.
November 8, 2012 Background Briefing

Joint NGO Submission by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and Human Rights Watch

To the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women

July 15, 2012 Commentary

Russia: Remembering Natalia Estemirova, and Why Her Courage Lives On

July 13, 2012 News Release

Russia: Bring Natalia Estemirova’s Murderers to Justice

Instead of Identifying Killers, Authorities Threatening Rights Activists

June 7, 2012 News Release

Russia: Protect Human Rights Defenders in Chechnya

Chechen Leader Threatened ‘Mobile Group’ in TV Broadcast

November 14, 2011 Background Briefing

Russia: Making Justice Count in Chechnya

Implementation of European Court of Human Rights Rulings against Russia

November 11, 2011 Commentary

Russian TV: A Different Truth for East and West?

October 17, 2011 News Release

Russia: Guests Should Refuse Pay for Chechnya Gala

Swank’s Stance Sets Positive Example

October 11, 2011 News Release

Russia: Celebrities Should Refuse Pay for Chechnya Gala

Grozny Celebration Was Set Against Backdrop of Horrific Abuses

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