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Chechen mothers appeal to bring their sons back
January 15, 2004
Chechen mothers whose sons disappeared or were abducted by unidentified people including representatives of the Russian force structures
participated in a meeting, held in the center of Achkhoy-Martan village. Some 100 women blocked off the central bridge over the Fortanga River that
is situated not far from the district administration and the central village market. They appealed to the administration of Achkhoy-Martan district with
the protest against the on-going abductions of civil people. The women who took part in the meeting accused the district public prosecutor's office of
mysterious disappearances of people and shielding criminals. For more information visit The Society of the Russian-Chechen Friendship.
(http://friendly.narod.ru/)

Chechen Refugees Appeal to Sunzha District Court of Ingushetia
November, 2003
Forced migrants complain about unlawful actions of officials of the Migration Service at the Interior Ministry of Ingushetia. According to the applicants, these officials break the Law on Forced Migrants of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation Government Regulation #163 from March 3, 2001, and all the amendments and additions done in accordance with the Regulation #797 from November 2, 2001 on “financing expenses necessary to support people who have to leave places of the permanent residence". For instance, forced migrants are excluded from the database of the Migration Service and as a result of it lose their right to get financial support. The application was signed by 360 people living in temporary accommodation stations situated in the territory of the state enterprise "Troitskaya". The application was made with the assistance of the Society for the Russian-Chechen Friendship. It is the first case when forced migrants apply to the judicial authorities of Ingushetia. For more information visit The Society for the Russian-Chechen Friendship.

The All-Russia Conference "Prevention of Tortures in Russia"
October 24, 2003
The conference was organized by Nizhny Novgorod Committee against Torture with the support of the International Helsinki Federation. Representatives of the law-enforcement structures, of the Chechen non-governmental organizations, and mass media from different regions of the Russian Federation participated in the conference. The conference was emphasized the necessity of cooperation between the structures of power and human rights organizations to achieve positive changes in the field of human rights protection. Also, a round table "The Cooperation of Structures of Power and Social Organizations in Prevention of Tortures" was hold in the framework of the conference. To read the Conference press release click here. For more information visit The Society for the Russian-Chechen Friendship.

Political Mass-Meeting of Protest in Grozny
September 15, 2003
A mass meeting took place in Grozny to protest against the decision made by the Supreme Court to override the registration of Malik Saidullaev as a presidential candidate. The head committee of the election campaign argues that the Supreme Court reached such a verdict under pressure of the present ruling regime and called to all the people to participate in the meeting of protest. To read the press release please click here. For more information visit The Society for the Russian-Chechen Friendship.

Refugees on the verge of poverty
September, 2003
The Society for the Rusian-Chechen Friendship appealed to the Migration Office of the Interior Affairs Ministry of Ingushetia, the chief of the Migration Service M.Kh. Latyrov, Interior Affairs Minister A.S.Pagorov, as well as to the President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov to reinsert forced migrants from the Chechen republic back on the lists of the Migration Service. The exclusion from the database of the Migration Service immediately deprives a refugee from the right to receive food ration so they were suffering from undernourishment and different diseases. To read the press release please click here. For more information visit The Society for the Russian-Chechen Friendship.

International

Stop Sexual Violence in Chechnya and Ingushetia
May, 2004
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, and Memorial call on the government of the Russian Federation to take immediate steps to bring an end to the human rights abuses in Chechnya and Ingushetia. Human rights groups have long suspected that sexual violence in the Chechnya conflict was widespread but have faced major difficulties documenting such cases due to the stigma attached to the issue. The organizations urge the international community to hold the Russian government to its obligations under international human rights standards and to address the violence perpetrated against Chechnyan women. Click Here for more information.