One year on from the war between Georgia and the Russian Federation,
thousands of civilians remain stranded from their homes with little
prospect of imminent return.
Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev face up to five years in prison after organizing a Moscow art exhibition. Artists and writers have sent a letter expressing their co
Lawyer and human rights defender Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were murdered six months ago - on 19 January 2009 - in the centre of Moscow by an unknown man.
The abduction and murder of the prominent activist is a "consequence of the impunity that has been allowed to persist by the Russian and Chechen authorities."
Amnesty International strongly condemns today’s murder of Natalia
Estemirova, a leading human rights activist working in the North
Caucasus region and a long-s
There can be no stability and security for the people of the North Caucasus without an end to human rights violations and full accountability, says a new Amnesty Inter
Only full accountability for the human rights violations that have been taking place over the past decade and more can bring real normalization to Chechnya and the North Caucasus, Amnesty Internationa
Only full accountability for the human rights violations that have been taking place over the past decade and more can bring real normalization to Chechnya and the North Caucasus, Amnesty Internationa
