Two years after the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya,human rights activists and journalists are still at risk in the RussianFederation, in particular ...
Recent attacks on independent journalists and human rights activistsillustrate the risks under which they work in Russia, AmnestyInternational said on the eve of ...
After months of increased tension, and recent low-level hostilities,the conflict between Georgia and the breakaway region of South Ossetiaescalated in the early ...
Amnesty International has called on all sides to the conflict in SouthOssetia to fully respect international humanitarian law in order thatcivilians are protected ...
The Gay Pride march in Riga on Saturday may have passedlargely without incident, but elsewhere in Europe, the right oflesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT ...
There has been a clampdown on the freedoms of assembly and expressionin the run-up to parliamentary and presidential elections in theRussian Federation.
The space for human rights activists, independent organizations andmedia to operate and to express critical views in the RussianFederation has been gradually and ...
Russia: 22-year-old Artur Akhmatkhanov was grabbed by maskedsoldiers and bundled into an armoured personnel carrier in 2003; he has notbeen seen since.
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