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Continued Harassment of Human Rights Defenders in Chechnya, July 04posted on: 2004/09/27

Front Line is seriously concerned at the ongoing harassment of members of the Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship.

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Information Centre Society of the Russian-Chechen Friendship -Press release 22 January 2004posted on: 2004/06/17

This is an unoffical translation from the Russian by Front Line

Spokespeople for the federal forces today informed members of the Society of the Russian-Chechen Friendship of the death of their volunteer Aslan Davletukaev, committed between 10th and 16th of January 2004. The certain killing and grievous assault prior to death was well known to the ruling authorities (expressed in abbreviations DV) for some time, however until now a strict decree forbade the release of this information to the widespread community of NGOs, fearing retaliations of the family members. This decree was lifted today.

Another Chechen Human Rights Defender in Danger, January 2004posted on: 2004/06/17

Human rights defender Imran Ezhiev, head of the Information Centre of the Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship in Chechnya (SRFC) in the Northern Caucasus, is allegedly at grave risk due to his investigation of the recent kidnapping and assassination of his colleague Aslan Davletukaev, whose dead body was reportedly discovered on 16 January 2004, bearing evidence of torture and mutilation.

On 26 January 2004, it was reported that the house and workplace of Mr. Ezhiev in Ingushetia were being watched by unidentified individuals. It was also reported that he was being followed by unidentified individuals driving four cars without license plates. Cars without license plates have allegedly been used in the past to kidnap Chechen refugees, and there are concerns that when road police don't stop a car without number plates, it because it belongs to the security service of the pro-Moscow president of Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov.