A human rights defender since the late 1980s, Svetlana was one of the founders of the NGO Citizen’s Assistance
(Grazhdanskoe Sodeistvie) and the Human Rights Ce
Two years after the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya,
human rights activists and journalists are still at risk in the Russian
Federation, in particula
Recent attacks on independent journalists and human rights activists
illustrate the risks under which they work in Russia, Amnesty
International said on the eve of t
After months of increased tension, and recent low-level hostilities,
the conflict between Georgia and the breakaway region of South Ossetia
escalated in the early mo
Amnesty International has called on all sides to the conflict in South
Ossetia to fully respect international humanitarian law in order that
civilians are protected
The Gay Pride march in Riga on Saturday may have passed
largely without incident, but elsewhere in Europe, the right of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
