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Russian investigators on Monday announced that they have formally charged ex-police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov with the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Pavlyuchenkov, who was a lieutenant colonel at the time of...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Russian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the murder of rights activist Natalia Estemirova , including an inquiry into possible official involvement in the killing. Estemirova,...

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances expressed concern on Wednesday over the state of enforced disappearances in Mexico. The Working Group, a panel of five independent human rights experts, found a "chronic...

Russian investigators on Wednesday arrested a former police officer in connection with the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Authorities arrested Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov , who is suspected of arranging Politkovskaya's murder...

Human Rights Watch (HRW), Civil Rights Defenders (CRD), Front Line Defenders (FLD), Amnesty International (AI) and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) on Thursday released a joint statement urging the Russian government to investigate the murder of...

A court in Moscow acquitted human rights activist Oleg Orlov of a libel suit brought by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov over an allegation that he was responsible for the killing of a Chechen rights...

Russia's Federal Security Service on Thursday charged Rustam Makhmudov with the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya , after his arrest Tuesday. Makhmudov, an assumed assassin on an international...

Russia's Federal Security Service on Tuesday arrested the suspected shooter in the widely publicized 2006 murder of famed journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Rustam Makhmudov was arrested at his parents' home in...

A Russian judge was killed Tuesday outside his home in the North Caucasus province of Kabardino-Balkaria , according to Russian authorities. District judge Dzhulber Bykov was shot several times by gunmen suspected to be Islamic insurgents...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has begun considering a lawsuit filed by three Russian activists alleging their right to freedom of assembly has been violated, their lawyer said Tuesday. The court is reportedly deciding whether...