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Russian Federation: Questioning of human rights defender Mr Stanislav Dmitrievskyposted on: 2011/04/29

On 27 April 2011, human rights defender Mr Stanislav Dmitrievsky, head of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, a human rights organisation registered in Finland, was questioned by the Anti-Extremism Centre, a bureau of the General Department of Internal Affairs of Niznny Novgorod established to fight anti-extremism, in relation to a monograph published under his direction entitled “International tribunal of Chechnya. Legal prospects of initiating individual criminal proceedings against persons suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the course of the military conflict in the Chechen Republic”. The monograph is in two volumes, comprising 1200 pages and it attempts to consolidate all the information available about human rights violations committed in Chechnya.

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Russia: Relatives of human rights lawyer Ilyas Timishev detained, questioned and ill-treatedposted on: 2008/07/21

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that three family members of human rights defender, Ilyas Timishev, have been detained, questioned and ill-treated in Chechnya since 15 July 2008. Ilyas Timishev is a human rights lawyer who has brought a number of cases before the European Court for Human Rights and is currently working to defend the rights of members of the Chechen police force who have not been paid.