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Russia: Death threats and harassment against human rights defender Larisa Dorogova and her son

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender Larisa Dorogova has received death threats and that her son, Khadzimurat Dorogov, has been abducted and subject to ill-treatment. Larisa Dorogova is a human rights lawyer who has worked to defend the rights of the Muslim community in Russia since 2003.

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Russia: Charges brought against museum director for defending freedom of expression

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that charges of extremism have been brought against Yury Samodurov, director of the Sakharov Centre in Moscow. The Sakharov Centre is an art museum which is also used for human rights events such as press conferences and seminars, and has extensive literature on human rights in its library.

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Russia: Raid on the office of Nizhny Novgorod Foundation to Support Tolerance

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that the office of the Nizhny Novgorod Foundation to Support Tolerance was raided by police on 20 March 2008. Computers and software were taken as well as the mobile phone of Stanislav Dmitrievsky, a consultant with the Foundation. Stanislav Dmitrievsky had previously been Chairperson of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS), a predecessor to the Foundation, before it was closed down in Russia by the authorities.

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Russia: Arrest of human rights defenders and journalists following demonstration in Nazran

Front Line is deeply concerned following the arrest of two human rights defenders and 10 journalists in Nazran, Ingushetia, on 26 January 2008. Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya and Timur Akiyev, both staff members of Memorial Human Rights Centre, were detained while attending a demonstration to protest against repression and corruption in Ingushetia. Said-Khussein Tsarnaev, a photo-journalist for RIA-Novosti; Mustafa Kurskiev, a correspondent for Moscow-based printing houses; Roman Plyusov and Vladimir Varfolomeev, journalists with Echo Moscow radio station; Danila Galperovich of Radio Liberty; Olga Bobrova of Novaya Gazeta; two correspondents of St. Petersburg Channel Five TV; two correspondents of Russian State TV were also detained.

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St. Petersburg: Human rights defenders and international NGOs set out challenges for protection of human rights in Russia

On 13 December 2007, Front Line together with the Anti-discrimination Centre “Memorial” held the seminar “Challenges to legitimacy – Strategies for Strengthening the Space for Human Rights Defenders in Russia”. This event brought together 35 participants: human rights defenders from different parts of Russia, representatives from international human rights NGOs and IGOs, including UN, EU and OSCE - ODIHR. The seminar came out with concrete recommendations for both Russian civil society and the international community.

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Dagestan: Farid Babaev, Dagestani political candidate and human rights defender assassinated

Farid Babaev political candidate and human rights defender was assassinated in Makhachkala in Dagestan on 21 November 2007. Farid Babaev had worked to highlight many cases of human rights abuses including, abductions, forced disappearances, the fabrication of criminal cases and unprecedented corruption. Four gunmen opened fire on him in the lobby of his apartment building in a killing reminiscent of the killing of Ana Politkovskaya.

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Russia: Human rights defenders mark the first anniversary of killing of Anna Politkovskaya

On Sunday family, friends and human rights defenders gathered to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Anna Politkovskaya, demanding action to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Vienna: United States leaves high level OSCE meeting in protest at exclusion of Russian Chechen Friendship Society

On 13 September 2007, at the first session of the OSCE High-Level Meeting on Victims of Terrorism, the USA delegation left the meeting in protest at the decision not to allow the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society to register for the conference.

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