Strasbourg court gets complaint against Russia, Georgia over five-day war bi13062133 A Georgian human rights organization sued and Georgia the European Court for Human Rights over the five-day war the two states fought August 2008

Rights activists call on Russia to send peacekeepers to Kyrgyzstan bi13062133 Kyrgyz human rights groups have asked to support the request of the country's interim government to introduce peacekeeping forces the country

Russia: Reverse Judgment Against Human Rights Defender bi13062133 Source: Human Rights Watch (Moscow) - The n courts should quash a finding of guilt against a prominent human rights defender, Yuri Samodurov, former head of the Andrei Sakharov Museum, and a colleague, Andrei Erofeev, ..

Human rights group might close Chechen branch over Kadyrov's words bi13062133 ' Memorial human rights centre might close branch Chechnya following Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov' s statements taken by the human rights activists as a threat

Activist of banned Islamic movement sues Russia Strasbourg court bi13062133 The European Court of Human Rights consider an appeal by an Uzbek man convicted for membership the Islamic organization Hizb ut Tahrir al-Islami, considered a terrorist group

Russia's richest woman defends business reputation court bi13062133 A Moscow court on Monday obliged opposition politician Boris Nemtsov to withdraw two more allegations from leaflet entitled "Luzhkov. Results" concerning 's richest woman, the wife of Moscow's mayor, Yelena Baturina

Russia spy swap raises suspicions bi13062133 At least one ranking n lawmaker calls the U.S.- exchange 'fishy and sneaky.' If the speed of Friday's spy swap Vienna lifted some eyebrows the United States, it's also raised the suspicions of at least one ranking n lawmaker who calling the event "fishy and sneaky."..

U.S., Russia complete major spy swap bi13062133 Amnesty slams 'forcible exile' of n scientist Vienna (AFP) July 9, 2010 - Amnesty International hit out at Friday saying forced convicted nuclear scientist Igor Sutyagin to leave the country as part of a spy-swap deal the United States

Human rights group might close Chechen branch over threats bi13062133 's Memorial human rights group could close branch Chechnya over alleged threats recently voiced by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov on local television

Russia must halt prosecution of exhibition organizers bi13062133 Amnesty International and ARTICLE 19 are urging the n authorities to drop the charges against the organizers of Forbidden Art 2006, an exhibition featured Soviet and post-Soviet art works, some of used religious symbolism

Paintball attacks on Chechen women prompt outrage bi13062133 GROZNY, (Reuters) - Women 's volatile Muslim Chechnya region said on Friday that police had targeted them paintball pellets for not wearing headscarves, outraging rights activists

Canadian panned as modern-day Tokyo Rose bi13062133 A Canadian ex-fashion model, known by some as the glamorous new face of Chechnya, came under criticism Friday by human rights groups

Kyrgyz leader says 2,000 may be dead ravaged south bi13062133 Kyrgyzstan's acting leader admitted Friday that the death toll from ethnic clashes probably 2,000 -- ten times the current estimate -- as she went to the ravaged south where the UN said up to a million people may have been affected

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