Content tagged with North Caucasus
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Happy International Women’s Day!
To celebrate, we asked 8 of the inspirational women we work with - our partners, clients, our former interns - to talk about how they Press For Progress.
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Resource | Case Summary | 14 Mar 2017 | By Olga Grygorovska
Orlov and others v Russia
Oleg Orlov, the chairman of Memorial Human Rights Centre, was abducted in Ingushetia in 2007 along with three REN-TV journalists.
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Families of ‘disappeared’ from the North Caucasus appeal to the UN for answers
It is everyone’s worst nightmare - the disappearance of a family member. We would expect the police to help find them. But what if they were ‘disappeared’ by the State authorities themselves? Who can families rely on?
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“They said that I’m not a human, that I am nothing. That I would be better off a terrorist, than a fag”
In July 2017, the Russian LGBT Network published a report into the persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya, after a joint investigation with Novaya Gazeta.
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European Court questions Russian authorities about killing of 25-year-old man in his home in Ingushetia
The European Court of Human Rights has initiated the examination of the case of Maxim Kuriyev, who was killed by the Ingushetia FSB in the home he shared with his mother, Layla Kuriyeva.
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Resource | Case Summary | 17 Jan 2017 | By Olga Grygorovska
Barakhoyev v Russia
Sultan Barakhoyev was taken to the police department where he was repeatedly insulted on account of his ethnicity, beaten, punched and kicked.
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Victims placed at the centre in Beslan School Siege Judgment
Legal Director Jessica Gavron and Lawyer Jarlath Clifford discuss the impact of the European Court of Human Rights' judgment on the Beslan School Siege.
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Russian authorities failed to prevent loss of life during Beslan School Siege
Over 400 victims of the 2004 Beslan School Siege and their families found justice today as the European Court of Human Rights ruled that there were serious failings in the Russian authorities’ response, which contributed to the casualties amongst the hostages.
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2007 abduction of Memorial Chairman and journalists in Ingushetia was committed by Russian State agents
The ECtHR found Russia was responsible for the abduction, beating of and threats to four men in Nazran to report on a protest against abuse of authorities.
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Resource | Training resource | 12 Jul 2017
Human rights violations by the Russian security forces in the North Caucasus
The Court has found Russian State agents responsible for indiscriminate bombing, extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances and abductions in the North Caucasus in over 250 cases.