Three members of the Society of Russian Chechen Friendship (SRCF) have been killed in the last two and a half years, a fourth has "disappeared." Front Line, the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, has invited Oksana Chelysheva, Imran Ezhiev and Stanislav Dmitriyevsky, founding members of the Society of Russian Chechen Friendship to Dublin from the 13th –19th April to discuss how to strengthen the protection for human rights defenders in Chechnya.
“Human Rights Defenders in Chechnya are amongst those most at risk of being killed" said Mary Lawlor, Front Line Director, "their courageous work in an extremely hostile and dangerous environment is a great inspiration and it is crucial that we find ways to support them.” 
