Theme: Human Rights Defenders

Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial” office in Chechnya, continued his human rights work after the murder of Natalia Estemirova in 2009 in spite of threats from the authorities. Since 9 January 2018 Oyub Titiev is…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) published its concluding observations and recommendations to Kyrgyzstan following the consideration of the country’s official state report during the 95th session of the Committee on April 23-24, 2018. The…

Yana and Vladislav Tannagashev, representatives of the Shor indigenous people from South West Siberia, activists from the non-registered organization “Revival of Kazas and Shor people” were forced to leave Russia with their children and applied for refugee status in a…

On March 28, 2018, an attack has been carried out against Sirazhutdin Datsiyev, head of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial” office in Makhachkala (Dagestan). HRC “Memorial” believes that it was related to Datsiyev’s professional activities as a human rights activist….

Calling the arrest of Oyub Titiev, a staff member at the “Memorial” office in Grozny, the burning of the “Memorial” office in Nazran, an attempt to destroy one of the organizations automobiles, and threats of reprisal against “Memorial” members more…

January 11, 2018 Police in Chechnya have arbitrarily arrested Oyub Titiev, head of the local office of Memorial, Russia’s leading human rights organization, on bogus drug possession charges, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders, FIDH and the World…