Content tagged with North Caucasus
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Resource | Article | 25 Jul 2018 | By Cornelia Klocker
Collective punishment in Chechnya
Cornelia Klocker (PhD Candidate, Birkbeck, University of London) examines the concept and practice of collective punishment in this context, and raises the question of whether it is time for the Council of Europe to act in the wake of yet another spate of reprisals against vilified groups in Chechnya.
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People keep disappearing – it is time for Russia to take responsibility
Thousands of enforced disappearances have plagued Russia’s North Caucasus region for more than two decades. This group of cases, which the Court has joined to consider them as a group, questions the disappearances of thirteen people since 2005, last seen in the custody of the police or the secret services.
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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.