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Chechen human rights activist abducted in Moscow

AP | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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

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New Politkovskaya Probe Rejected By Russian Court

AP | KARINA IOFFEE | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

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MOSCOW — A Moscow court rejected a plea by the family of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya for a new investigation into her death, lea...

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Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen Leader, Fingered By Natalia Estemirova's Colleagues For Her Death

GlobalPost | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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Natalia Estemirova was an increasingly rare breed in Russia. Committed to exposing human rights abuses committed by the ruthless leadership in Chechny...

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Natalia Estemirova: Russian Rights Activist Kidnapped, Found Dead

AP | MIKE ECKEL and MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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MOSCOW — A well-known Russian rights activist was found slain execution-style on Wednesday, hours after being kidnapped in Chechnya – the ...

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The Latest Neocon Attack on Obama

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

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Urging Obama to stand up for human rights is all well and good. But what, exactly, would he accomplish by upbraiding Vladimir Putin for his lapses?

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Politkovskaya Murder Acquittal Overturned In Russia

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

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MOSCOW — Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the acquittal of three men charged with the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist wh...

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Lev Ponomarev, Russian Human Rights Activist, Attacked

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

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Lev Ponomarev, the leader of the Moscow-based group "For Human Rights," was attacked and brutally beaten Tuesday in what the human rights activist is ...

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Anna Politkovskaya Trial: Russia Reopens Case

Nytimes.com | ELLEN BARRY and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

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MOSCOW -- A day after a Moscow jury acquitted all three suspects in the murder of the prominent investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the presi...

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