Report "On the situation of residents of Chechnya in the Russian Federation. October 2007 – April 2009"

We present you a new report of Memorial HRC dedicated to the situation of residents of Chechnya in the Russian Federation in October 2007 – April 2009.

We have collected much data for the report. But compiling it we have to take into account that the safety of the heroes of the report and of our Chechen members is put into jeopardy. These problems used to exist earlier. But recently the level of danger has increased sharply so now we even don't risk to publish and to present the report. The presentation of the previous report organized at the end of 2007 provoked great indignation of the Chechen authorities.  

The major themes of the report of 2009 are the following: Chechens in places of detention in RF and provision of housing to internally displaced persons in Chechnya and Ingushetia. A special chapter is dedicated to the stowage in the public consciousness of the image of an enemy – "a dangerous, cruel and hostile to Russia" Chechen. In the annexes there is statistics about the abductions and disappearances in the North Caucasus, information about arsons of the houses of the rebels' relatives and other important data.

May 26, 2009

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