Content tagged with North Caucasus
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EHRAC deplores attack against human rights lawyer and journalist in Grozny
EHRAC is shocked and saddened to receive the horrific news of the brutal assault on Marina Dubrovina and Elena Milashina in Grozny last week.
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Omar Valibagandov and four other men presumed dead at the hands of Russian state agents
On 4 February 2020, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found Russia responsible for the abductions and presumed deaths of five men from Ingushetia, Dagestan and other regions of the North Caucasus. One of the men was Omar Valibagandov, a 37-year-old husband, father and brother who lived and worked in Dagestan.
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Russia responsible for the disappearances and presumed deaths of twenty people, European Court rules
On 21 January 2020, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found Russia responsible for the disappearances and deaths of nineteen men and one woman from Chechyna, Ingushetia and Dagestan.
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Russia responsible for the abduction and presumed deaths of five young men in the North Caucasus between 2007-2011
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 8 October 2019 found Russia responsible for the disappearances and deaths of five men from Chechnya, Ingushetia and other regions of the North Caucasus between 2007 and 2011.
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Responsibility for 13 more disappearances attributed to Russian state authorities
On 27 August 2019, the European Court of Human Rights held the Russian authorities responsible for the abduction, disappearance and presumed deaths of thirteen men from Chechnya or Ingushetia between 2000 and 2005.
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Russian state agents responsible for disappearance, detention and presumed death of 14 men from North Caucasus
The European Court of Human Rights ruled in a group of cases concerning 14 enforced disappearances, finding the Russian state authorities responsible for their detention and presumed deaths, as well as for the emotional distress caused to their families.
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Resource | Report | 19 Dec 2018 | By Vanessa Kogan
The practice of female genital mutilation in Dagestan
As a study by the Stichting Justice Initiative (SJI) has found, the practice of female genital mutilation is rife in Dagestan. Vanessa Kogan looks at the attitudes of men in areas where FGM is practised, and challenges the assumption that everyone in the local community supports FGM.
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Russian state agents are responsible for 17 disappearances in 2002-2004 in the North Caucasus
After years of anguish from not knowing what had happened to their loved ones, the families of 17 ‘disappeared’ men from the North Caucasus have finally received a measure of justice today, establishing that the Russian authorities were responsible for their abduction, detention and presumed deaths.
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Russia responsible for “serious violation” in failing to effectively investigate and punish rape of Dagestani minor
The European Court found that the Russian authorities failed in its positive obligation to conduct an effective investigation into a young Dagestani woman's allegations of rape and to ensure adequate protection of her private life.
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Abduction and disappearance of Ingushetia man in 2009 carried out by State agents
The European Court of Human Rights found that Maskhud Makhloyev’s abduction was carried out by Russian State agents, that he could be presumed dead and that his death could be attributed to the State.