The space for human rights activists, independent organizations and
media to operate and to express critical views in the Russian
Federation has been gradually and p
There has been a clampdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression
in the run-up to parliamentary and presidential elections in the
Russian Federation.
The Russian and Ingush authorities must not repeat mistakes made in Chechnya, Amnesty International warned, as an increasing number of enforced disappearances, abducti
As Russia prepares to mark National Unity Day on 4 November, Amnesty International urges the authorities to publicly speak out against racism and violence directed at
Amnesty International is gravely concerned about the Russian authorities' systematic disregard for basic human rights in the run-up to parliamentary elections in the c
Amnesty International is shocked and appalled by the latest attack against a human rights defender and members of the media in the southern Russian Republic of Ingushe
As a second trial against former YUKOS oil company head Mikhail Khodorkovskii and his associate Platon Lebedev draws closer, Amnesty International urges the Office of
Reports from the Northern Caucasus regularly bring further evidence of
continuing arbitrary detentions, followed by torture, "disappearance"
or unlawful ki
