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The Russian Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a sentence of life imprisonment for Nurpashi Kulayev, the only terrorist survivor convicted in connection with the 2004 Beslan school siege . Kulayev filed the appeal [JURIST...

The Russian State Duma has effectively extended a national moratorium on the death penalty until 2010 by postponing until then the establishment of jury trials in Chechnya , the only territory in...

The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) urged Russia Friday to investigate and prosecute what it called the "widespread use of torture" in Chechnya . The human rights body cited "reliable reports"...

Russia may effectively extend a death penalty moratorium for three years if the State Duma passes a bill shifting the deadline for introducing jury trials in Chechnya from...

Torture has become widespread in the strife-ridden southern Russian republic of Chechnya , with more than 100 known cases in both official and secret detention centers, according to a new report released...

In the latest string of judgments against Russia, the European Court of Human Rights Thursday held the country responsible for the deaths and disappearance of three people in Chechnya . In the first case [judgment; press...

Russian human rights activists held vigil in Lubyanka Square, former KBG headquarters and current location of the Federal Security Service, in Moscow on Monday to commemorate victims of political persecution during the Soviet Era and to protest current prosecution...

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told the press on Sunday that he intends to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring justice to those who killed independent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on October 7...

A Russian court has shut down the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (ORCD) , a Chechen human rights group that has been exposing abuses against civilians in Chechnya and providing assistance to victims of violence. The decision follows the February...

Portions of an article on torture in Chechnya written by murdered reporter Anna Politkovskaya before her death were published Thursday by the Novaya Gazeta . The report detailed allegations of torture, including...