Rights activists say that the death of Maksharip Aushev, who was killed after the car he was driving was peppered by more than 60 bullets, shows that human rights work in the restive North Caucasus is tantamount to suicide

The decision to remove sanctions against Uzbekistan, imposed after the Andijan events, demonstrates a regrettable willingness by European politicians for the sake of geopolitical interests to close their eyes to systematic and flagrant violations of human rights in this country

It is vital that historians and other scholars demonstrate solidarity and prevent a serious set back to the reinstatement of historical truth and remembrance of the victims of repression in Russia

The swift work of Turkmenistan’s law enforcement system on the eve of the festivities demonstrates that in effect a decision on the “case” against the environmentalist has already been taken - action needs to be taken NOW to prevent this

48 Russian scholars have signed a statement demanding an end to the criminal prosecution against historian Mikhail Suprun and Alexander Dudarev who gave historical researchers access to archival material on victims of repression

A leading opposition activist from Ingushetia has been shot dead in the latest act of violence in Russia’s North Caucasus region. Maksharip Aushev’s car came under fire on a road near Nalchik

The environmentalist is charged with attacking and beating a drug addict with three convictions. It is widely believed that the real reason is his civic activity. A number of international organizations have already spoken out in Andrei Zatoka’s defence

The letter, addressed to the Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan, the Russian Embassy in Turkmenistan and the OSCE representative office in the event of his arrest, disappearance or accident shows the cynical attempts to frame Zatoka both earlier and now

Andrei Zatoka, a well-known environmentalist and public activist has been arrested accused of inflicting injuries on an unidentified individual which he denies. The Memorial Human Rights Centre states that this is not the first attempt by the Turkmenistan authorities to prosecute him

Alexander Kuzmin, Moscow’s Chief Architect considers that the phrase glorifying Stalin reinstated in August this year in the Kurskaya Circle Line metro station should remain, and that the monument to Stalin should also be reinstated

The Moscow Heritage Department has called the restoration of the Kurskaya Circle Metro Station, together with words glorifying Stalin, “unacceptable” in a letter addressed to the organization “For Human Rights

Historian Boris Sokolov sees the initiation of a criminal investigation against Arkhangelsk historian M.Suprun and archivist A. Dudarev, as evidence that the campaign against falsification of history is not to remain a bureaucratic fiction, but a means of forming a “canonical version” of Russian history

Despite the allegations repeated on a number of occasions by the claimant’s representative and the witnesses he called that Memorial (including Natalya Estemirova) circulated unchecked and unreliable information, not one specific example was presented

Friends and admirers of Anna Politkovskaya today marked the third anniversary of her murder amid growing doubts that her killers will ever be brought to justice

Kadyrov’ law suit was over a statement issued by Oleg Orlov, the Head of the Memorial Human Rights Centre, in which Orlov said that Kadyrov bore political responsibility for the death of Natalya Estemirova

Reporters Without Borders had a poster entitled “Russian School of Journalism” specially produced for the anniversary in Russian, French and English. It is based on a cartoon by Danziger that was published at the time of Politkovskaya’s murder.

ARTICLE 19 believes that freedom of expression is not possible without access to information and this includes historical archives, as well as open and unrestricted debates about Russia’s history.

The International Memorial Society has issued a statement condemning the criminal investigation against historian Mikhail Suprun and the Head of the Information Centre of the Arkhangelsk Regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexander Dudarev

Mikhail Suprun, a well-known historian and Professor of History at the Pomorsky State University in Arkhangelsk, who is writing a book on German victims of Soviet repression, has been accused of divulging their personal data and the Internal Affairs archives head of exceeding his powers

New information makes clear that the siege was the result of a failed Russian provocation, that the Putin regime refused negotiations capable of ending the crisis and, in the absence of hostile action, ordered Russian Special Forces to open fire with heavy weapons on a gymnasium packed with hostages, guaranteeing a catastrophic death toll