News

16 January 2007

European Court to Rule on First Torture Case from Chechnya

The European Court of Human Rights will rule on the case concerning torture in Chechnya on 18 January 2007. The judgment will be the first in a string of torture cases from Chechnya lodged with the Court.

23 November 2006

Russian Government Rejects Registration of Russian Justice Initiative

Russia's Federal Registration Service (FRS) has refused to register the representative office of Stichting Russian Justice Initiative (SRJI) in Moscow.

9 November 2006

European Court condemns Russia for disappearances and murder in two landmark rulings

In two separate judgments today, the European Court of Human Rights held Russia responsible for the disappearance of a father and son and for the disappearance and subsequent murder of a woman whose body was found in the largest mass grave in Chechnya (Photo: Johanna Bjorken, Human Rights Watch).

8 November 2006

Court to issue ruling in first Chechen disappearance and murder of a woman

The European Court of Human Rights will rule on the first case regarding the disappearance and murder of a woman in Chechnya on 9 November 2006. The body was found together with fifty other dead bodies in a mass grave close to the military headquarters at Khankala in Chechnya.

7 November 2006

Disappearance of father and son in Chechnya to be decided

The European Court of Human Rights will rule on a case regarding the disappearance of two family members in Chechnya on 9 November 2006. The case, Imakayeva v. Russia, concerns the detention and disappearance of Said-Khusein Imakayev and the subsequent disappearance of his father, Said-Magomed Imakayev (Photo: http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org).