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15:00, 9 March 2012

Open letter of Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization "Mashr" (Ingushetia)

23:00, 23 February 2012

Proposals and questions of the Regional Public Movement of the Republic of Ingushetia (RPMoRI) "Mekh-Khel" to Evkurov, Yu. B., leader of the Republic of Ingushetia, with the aim to achieve social consensus

23:00, 12 February 2012

Appeal of civil society activists of the Republic of South Ossetia

23:00, 8 February 2012

Appeal to the President of the Russian Federation (accompanied by a list of political prisoners, whose liberation is sought by protesters in Bolotnaya Square, Sakharov Avenue and march on February 4)

23:00, 7 February 2012

Appeal of residents of the village of Khrakh-Uba to President of the Russian federation Dmitry Medvedev and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

23:00, 26 January 2012

Open Appeal to Chairman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) Alexander Bastrykin of residents of the Krasnodar Territory

23:00, 25 January 2012

Open letter of residents of Novosasitli village Khasavyurt District of Dagestan

08:00, 24 November 2011

DECLARATION OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIONHOOD OF THE AUTONOMUS AUTOCHTHONOUS INDIGENOUS CIRCASSIAN PEOPLES: A NATION IN EXILE

Circassian endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which was adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on 13 September 2007.

23:00, 11 March 2011

Statement on the Closing of the Human Rights House Azerbaijan

On 10 March 2011, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan ordered the Human Rights House Azerbaijan, partner of the international Human Rights House Network, to cease all activities immediately. According to the Ministry of Justice, in the future the Human Rights House Azerbaijan will be allowed to carry out activities only upon prior agreement with the State. The Human Rights House Network believes this measure is part of the escalated repression of the civil society in the last few weeks, in connection with the calls for pro-democracy demonstrations in March 2011.

17:00, 3 August 2010

Statement by NSC Spokesman Mike Hammer: "Detention of Article 31 Rally Participants Raises Human Right Concerns"

10:00, 30 July 2010

Statement of Lira Kozaeva - Tskhovrebova

Statement of Director of NGO Resource-centre of South Ossetia, Chairperson of Association of Women of South Ossetia for Democracy and Human Rights, Lira Kozaeva - Tskhovrebova

20:00, 19 July 2010

Appeal to the parties to the Geneva talks

Participants of the Georgian-Ossetian Civil Forum appeal to the parties to the Geneva talks.

10:00, 15 July 2010

Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) Report, Chechnya Fact-Finding Mission

Following the PHRG Mission to Chechnya from 15 to 19 February, this report will set out the findings of the PHRG delegates, Lord Frank Judd, Labour Peer and former Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Special Envoy on Chechnya 1999-2003, and Jo Swinson MP, Liberal Democrat and former Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, on the current human rights situation in Chechnya under the Presidency of Ramzan Kadyrov, as well as their recommendations for action by the international community.

23:50, 7 July 2010

Russian Federation: Mr. Oleg Orlov charged with criminal offence

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), denounces the ongoing judicial harassment against Mr. Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial”.

15:00, 24 June 2010

A Common Statement on Human Rights in Azerbaijan

An appeal from Azerbaijani and international human rights NGOs.

23:00, 21 December 2009

Statement by spokesman Ian Kelly concerning car explosion in Ingushetia with human rights defender’s relatives

18:00, 17 December 2009

Statement of the Congress of the United States concerning the alarming situation with proponents of human rights in Russia

23:00, 17 November 2009

Regarding deterioration of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan

The Human Rights House Network condemns the unfair sentence of the two bloggers of 11 November and deplores the deterioration of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan. We call upon the Azerbaijani authorities to take adequate measures to protect the democratic values and especially the right to freedom of expression.

20:00, 17 November 2009

Concerning increasing control on Azerbaijani NGOs

The Human Rights House Foundation, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, the Rafto Foundation, the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders and the Belarusian Human Rights House in exile in Vilnius are concerned about the noticeable tendency in Azerbaijan to put local non-governmental organisations under increased government control following the recent amendments to the NGO law. The amended law allows the government to collect information on NGOs without referring to any specific purpose articulated in this or other laws.

13:30, 18 July 2009

Statement Condemning the Murder of Natalia Estemirova, a Prominent Journalist and a Human Rights Defender

The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders strongly condemns the murder of the prominent human rights defender Natalia Estemirova. On the international day of justice, July 17, we call upon the Russian authorities to conduct an immediate, thorough and impartial investigation of this case and previous murders of human rights defenders in the country. We also call upon the Russian authorities to further ensure a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders in their country.

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