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Picketer with poster in support of Zhuravel detained in Saint Petersburg
Law enforcers have detained Dmitry Kuzmin, who went out to a picket demanding the release of Nikita Zhuravel, who was beaten by Kadyrov's son at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison).
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Rights defenders recall unpunished kidnappings in Chechnya
During the years of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) and the rule of Ramzan Kadyrov, thousands of people disappeared in Chechnya, but Russia failed to take measures to investigate their disappearances, says the report by Oleg Orlov and Alexander Cherkasov, human rights defenders.
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Rights defenders point to impunity of those responsible for enforced disappearances in Northern Caucasus
During the second Chechen campaign alone, up to 5000 people fell victim of enforced disappearances, and over the past 30 years, about 8000 people have disappeared in Northern Caucasus.
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ECtHR awards compensations for detention of those who commemorated Estemirova
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay compensations for the detention of participants in the rallies and pickets, including the commemoration rally of Natalya Estemirova, who was killed in Northern Caucasus.
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UN draws attention to human rights violations in Chechnya and Dagestan
The UN Human Rights Committee pointed to human rights violations in Northern Caucasus and highlighted cases of persecution of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, brothers from Chechnya, who were sentenced to imprisonment for aiding and abetting a militant, as well as the suppression of protests against mobilization in Russia.
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Rights defenders compare timing of disclosure murders of Dugina and Politkovskaya
Amid the FSB's report on the rapid disclosure of the murder of Darya Dugina, human rights defenders have recalled the still unsolved murders of Anna Politkovskaya, Natalia Estemirova and Boris Nemtsov.
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Rights defenders criticize ECtHR for decision on Estemirova's case
After the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) refused to reconsider the murder case of the Chechen human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, her relatives and colleagues have exhausted all the chances at the national and international levels to bring her killers to justice, Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, has stated.
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ECtHR refuses to revise Natalia Estemirova's murder case
The decision in the case of the murder of Natalia Estemirova, a Chechen human rights defender, has been declared final by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR); the Grand Chamber thereof has rejected the revision request.
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ECtHR defends Novaya Gazeta’s right to criticize Kadyrov
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Russia is to pay compensation to human rights defender Oleg Orlov, the “Memorial”*, the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta”, and journalist Vyacheslav Izmailov for persecution on charges of defamation against Ramzan Kadyrov.
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 30-September 5, 2021
Seventeenth anniversary of the terror act in Beslan; ECtHR’s decision on the murder of Natalia Estemirova; verdict of guilty to an activist from Nalchik; refusal of the Georgian authorities from the EU’s assistance; MIA’s decision on life-long expulsion of comic Mirzalizade from Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 30-September 5, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
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Moscow: debaters disappointed by ECtHR's decision on Estemirova's murder case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has failed to find Russia responsible for the death of Natalia Estemirova due to political reasons, human rights defenders assert.
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Rights defenders assess ECtHR's decision on Estemirova's murder
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), after finding the absence of any efficient inquiry into the murder of Natalia Estemirova, has awarded her sister compensation for moral harm in the amount of 20,000 euros. Human rights defenders have expressed regret that the ECtHR failed to recognize Russia responsible for Estemirova's death.
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ECtHR finds investigation into Estemirova’s assassination ineffective
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has noted that the Russian authorities provided it with an incomplete copy of the case file on the murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, but there is reason to doubt the effectiveness of the investigation into the case on the murder. The ECtHR requested Russia to find and punish the persons guilty of the murder.
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Estemirova's colleagues assess prospects for inquiry into her murder after ECtHR's verdict
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will demand from Russia to investigate the murder of the human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, committed in Chechnya, but Russian authorities will take no concrete steps for this, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
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Inquiry into CaT's activities alerts rights defenders
The persecution of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) and Igor Kalyapin, the head thereof, is a consequence of the work of this organization engaged in investigating human rights violations, including those committed in Northern Caucasus, human rights activists said.
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18.04 / 23:58"Memory Project" reports consequences of forced disappearances in Chechnya
The traumatic experience obtained by relatives of those who went missing in Chechnya do... More
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