Chechnya Human Rights

Uh-Oh...

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 12.10.2011

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said he didn't want a fuss for his 35th birthday party but that didn't stop his friends from throwing a multimillion-dol...

Chechnya Says Couples Must Be HIV-Negative To Marry

Reuters | – | Posted 05.25.2011

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) -- The spiritual leaders of Muslim Chechnya have ordered that all couples who plan to marry prove they are HIV-negative, spar...

Moscow's Shadow War - Playing Now in Poland

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Thor Halvorssen

More than 200,000 Chechens have died on Moscow's orders. The photographic evidence of mutilation, torture, electric shocks and eye-gouging are impossible to ignore, but the West remains indifferent.

Human Rights and Globalization-Synergy or Competition?

Derek Henry Flood | Posted 06.29.2011

Derek Henry Flood

Human rights are an essential and non-negotiable component of global progress. The increased highlighting of human rights violations is itself a byproduct of globalization.

Arbi Khachukayev, Chechen Human Rights Activist, Abducted In Moscow

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

MOSCOW — A Russian rights group said Chechen authorities on Thursday abducted a human rights advocate in Moscow who has been critical of Chechny...

Top Chechnya Rights Defender is Brutally Slain

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch has called on Russian authorities to investigate immediately the abduction and killing of Estemirova, and to bring all of those involved to justice.

Russian Ends Chechnya Counter-Terrorism Operation

RIA Novosti | Posted 05.25.2011

MOSCOW, April 16 (RIA Novosti) - The counter-terrorism operation that was launched in Russia's volatile republic of Chechnya in 1999 finished at midni...