There can be no stability and security for the people of Chechnya, until those responsible for gross human rights abuses in the country over the last 10 years ...
Amnesty International strongly condemns the murder of lawyer and humanrights defender Stanislav Markelov. He was shot dead today in thecentre of Moscow as he prepa
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 RussianFederation, in particula
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
