Survey of Human Rights Materials - March 2001One of our major focus areas is monitoring of violations of human rights. This page contains a list of major documents and reports published in the month of March describing the human rights violations and suffering of people in the war-torn republic.
March 4, 11, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 30, The Russian-Chechen Friendship Society
PRESS RELEASES
The press releases of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) Nos. 49-56 describe various incidents of human rights abuses and murders at different places in Chechnya. The reports are mostly written by the RCFS’s local correspondents, the press release No. 55 summarizes various incidents that took place in the month of February, the press release No. 54 provides additional information on already documented incidents from the previous months.
ALL PRESS RELEASES ARE AVAILABLE HERE
March 10, Ichkeria.org
UMAR, VICTIM OF A TORTURE PIT
Chechnya Information Channel Ichkeria.org published an interview with one of the victims of the infamous torture methods of the federal forces.
THE WHOLE INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE HERE
March 19, Memorial
PEOPLE DETAINED BY THE FEDERAL FORCES WERE VICTIMS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
The Human Rights Center Memorial identified bodies of people found in the mass grave near the Russian military base in Khankhala on Grozny suburb, which was discovered on February 25, 2001. Memorial indicates that as opposed to the official statements by the Russian authorities, including the Chechen prosecutor Vsevolod Chernov, at least 16 bodies belong ot people who had been detained by the Russian military forces.
THE WHOLE REPORT IN RUSSIAN IS AVAILABLE HERE
March 21, Human Rights Watch
THE "DIRTY WAR" IN CHECHNYA: FORCED DISAPPEARANCES, TORTURE, AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS
Another issue of regular reports by the Human Rights Watch providing thorough description of the instances of "disappearances" of the local population in Chechnya. The 40-page report, details the cases of fifty-two "disappeared" individuals who were last seen in the custody of Russian federal forces. Human Rights Watch believes the actual number of "disappeared" is much higher. The mutilated bodies of some of the "disappeared" were later found in unmarked graves in Chechnya, most bearing unmistakable signs of torture.
THE WHOLE REPORT IS AVAILABLE HERE
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