NGO Documents

March 09, 2012 15:00

• Open letter of Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization "Mashr" (Ingushetia)

February 23, 2012 23:00

• Proposals and questions of the Regional Public Movement of the Republic of Ingushetia (RPMoRI) "Mekh-Khel" to Evkurov, Yu. B., leader of the Republic of Ingushetia, with the aim to achieve social consensus

February 12, 2012 23:00

• Appeal of civil society activists of the Republic of South Ossetia

February 08, 2012 23:00

• Appeal to the President of the Russian Federation (accompanied by a list of political prisoners, whose liberation is sought by protesters in Bolotnaya Square, Sakharov Avenue and march on February 4)

February 07, 2012 23:00

• Appeal of residents of the village of Khrakh-Uba to President of the Russian federation Dmitry Medvedev and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

January 26, 2012 23:00

• Open Appeal to Chairman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) Alexander Bastrykin of residents of the Krasnodar Territory

January 25, 2012 23:00

• Open letter of residents of Novosasitli village Khasavyurt District of Dagestan

November 24, 2011 08:00

• DECLARATION OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIONHOOD OF THE AUTONOMUS AUTOCHTHONOUS INDIGENOUS CIRCASSIAN PEOPLES: A NATION IN EXILE

  Circassian endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which was adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on 13 September 2007.

March 11, 2011 23:00

• Statement on the Closing of the Human Rights House Azerbaijan

  On 10 March 2011, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan ordered the Human Rights House Azerbaijan, partner of the international Human Rights House Network, to cease all activities immediately. According to the Ministry of Justice, in the future the Human Rights House Azerbaijan will be allowed to carry out activities only upon prior agreement with the State. The Human Rights House Network believes this measure is part of the escalated repression of the civil society in the last few weeks, in connection with the calls for pro-democracy demonstrations in March 2011.

August 03, 2010 17:00

• Statement by NSC Spokesman Mike Hammer: "Detention of Article 31 Rally Participants Raises Human Right Concerns"

July 30, 2010 10:00

• Statement of Lira Kozaeva - Tskhovrebova

  Statement of Director of NGO Resource-centre of South Ossetia, Chairperson of Association of Women of South Ossetia for Democracy and Human Rights, Lira Kozaeva - Tskhovrebova

July 19, 2010 20:00

• Appeal to the parties to the Geneva talks

  Participants of the Georgian-Ossetian Civil Forum appeal to the parties to the Geneva talks.

July 15, 2010 10:00

• Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) Report, Chechnya Fact-Finding Mission

  Following the PHRG Mission to Chechnya from 15 to 19 February, this report will set out the findings of the PHRG delegates, Lord Frank Judd, Labour Peer and former Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Special Envoy on Chechnya 1999-2003, and Jo Swinson MP, Liberal Democrat and former Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, on the current human rights situation in Chechnya under the Presidency of Ramzan Kadyrov, as well as their recommendations for action by the international community.

July 07, 2010 23:50

• Russian Federation: Mr. Oleg Orlov charged with criminal offence

  The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), denounces the ongoing judicial harassment against Mr. Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial”.

June 24, 2010 15:00

• A Common Statement on Human Rights in Azerbaijan

  An appeal from Azerbaijani and international human rights NGOs.

December 21, 2009 23:00

• Statement by spokesman Ian Kelly concerning car explosion in Ingushetia with human rights defender’s relatives

December 17, 2009 18:00

• Statement of the Congress of the United States concerning the alarming situation with proponents of human rights in Russia

November 17, 2009 23:00

• Regarding deterioration of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan

  The Human Rights House Network condemns the unfair sentence of the two bloggers of 11 November and deplores the deterioration of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan. We call upon the Azerbaijani authorities to take adequate measures to protect the democratic values and especially the right to freedom of expression.

November 17, 2009 20:00

• Concerning increasing control on Azerbaijani NGOs

  The Human Rights House Foundation, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, the Rafto Foundation, the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders and the Belarusian Human Rights House in exile in Vilnius are concerned about the noticeable tendency in Azerbaijan to put local non-governmental organisations under increased government control following the recent amendments to the NGO law. The amended law allows the government to collect information on NGOs without referring to any specific purpose articulated in this or other laws.

July 18, 2009 13:30

• Statement Condemning the Murder of Natalia Estemirova, a Prominent Journalist and a Human Rights Defender

  The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders strongly condemns the murder of the prominent human rights defender Natalia Estemirova. On the international day of justice, July 17, we call upon the Russian authorities to conduct an immediate, thorough and impartial investigation of this case and previous murders of human rights defenders in the country. We also call upon the Russian authorities to further ensure a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders in their country.