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Russian Federation: Russia: Protect rights workers in Chechnya

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationIn Wake of Murders, Other Human Rights Defenders Threatened (Moscow, August 15, 2009) - Russian authorities need to take immediate steps to...

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Russian Federation: Russia: Investigate Dagestan arson attack

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationUrgent Need to Protect Human Rights Groups (Moscow, August 20, 2009) - The Russian government should immediately investigate the arson attack on...

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Russian Federation: Russia: Ensure safety of rights group's staff

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationSuspicious Visits Raise Fears for Security of Memorial Human Rights Center Workers (Moscow) - The Russian authorities should take urgent steps to...

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Russian Federation: Russia: Kadyrov should drop defamation claim

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationLawsuit Should Not Distract From Investigation Into Murder of Rights Advocate Natalia Estemirova(Moscow, September 9, 2009) - The president of...

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Russian Federation: Russia: Complying with European Court key to halting abuse

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationNorth Caucasus Menaced by Killings of Rights Defenders, Other Violence(Moscow) - Russia has ignored a series of judgments by the European Court of...

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Russian Federation: Human Rights Watch's supplementary concerns and...

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationThis memorandum, submitted by Human Rights Watch in advance of the United Nations Human Rights Committee's ("the Committee") review of Russia's...

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Afghanistan: World Report: Abusers Target Human Rights Messengers

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Kenya, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian...

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Russian Federation: Russia: Activists' Detention Unjustified

Source: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty InternationalCountry: Russian FederationCreate Safe Environment for Human Rights Advocates (Moscow, February 9, 2010) - The Russian authorities should investigate...

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Russian Federation: Address to President Medvedev Regarding the Human Rights...

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationGiven at his meeting with the Presidential Civic Society Council and Independent Experts on Human Rights in the North CaucasusDear Mr. President,...

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Russian Federation: EU-Russia Summit: Turn Words on Rights Into Action

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationDespite Recent Gestures, Russian Government Fails to Hold Perpetrators to Account(Moscow) - The European Union should urge Russia to make good on...

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Russian Federation: Russia: A Year Later, No Prosecution in Estemirova Murder

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationNo Tangible Progress in Investigating the Killing of Leading Human Rights Defender(Moscow, July 8, 2010) - A year after the brazen murder of Natalia...

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Russian Federation: Russia: Vienna Trial Should Prompt Inquiry

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationUpcoming Trial Suggests Links between Ramzan Kadyrov and Vienna Killing (New York, November 15, 2010) ­- The Russian government should closely...

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India: UN: End 'Disappearances' Worldwide

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: India, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, YemenInternational Convention against Enforced Disappearance Taking Effect (New York, December 22,...

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Russian Federation: Chechen Human Rights Lawyer Threatened

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationEnsure Safety of Rights Defenders in Chechnya(Moscow) – Threats by the police against a lawyer in Chechnya highlight the need for Russian...

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Russian Federation: Strictly Respect Rights in Dagestan Killing Inquiry

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationProminent Sufi Sheik Died in Apparent Suicide Bombing(Moscow, August 30, 2012) – The killing of a prominent Sufi leader in Russia’s southern...

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Ukraine: Crimea: Enforced Disappearances

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian Federation, UkraineCrimean Tatars, Other Pro-Ukraine Figures Among the Missing(Berlin, October 7, 2014) – At least five people have been forcibly disappeared...

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Ukraine: Rights in Retreat: Abuses in Crimea

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian Federation, UkraineCrimea: Human Rights in DeclineSerious Abuses in Russian-Occupied Region of Ukraine(Berlin) – Russian and local authorities have severely...

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Russian Federation: Russia: End Persecution of Chechen Activists

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian Federation(Moscow, December 15, 2014) – Russian authorities should act to end a campaign of intimidation and harassment against human rights defenders in...

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World: World Report 2015 - Events of 2014

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: China, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, occupied Palestinian territory, Russian Federation, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, United...

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Russian Federation: Russia: Independent Group Targeted Over Crimea

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Russian FederationRussia: Independent Group Targeted Over Crimea Free Speech Extends to Sensitive Topics(Moscow, June 24, 2015) – Russian authorities on June 22,...

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