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 ...
People from around the world, including members and supporters of Amnesty International, are commemorating Russian journalist and human rights defender Anna Politkovsk
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, co-operation between formermembers, Russia and Uzbekistan, has been increasingly influenced byconcerns about regional secur
Reports from the Northern Caucasus regularly bring further evidence ofcontinuing arbitrary detentions, followed by torture, "disappearance"or unlawful ki.
