According to the Amnesty researcher on Russia talking to me yesterday, there used to be three key people when it came to uncovering human rights violations in Chechnya. These were the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the lawyer Stanislav...

The Second Announcement of Mourning Mothers: The mourning continues Wednesday 1 July 2009 Change for equality: The silent mourning of mothers on Saturday June 27th 2009 in Laleh Park in Tehran was violently suppressed by security...

Shirin Ebadi Accepts Alexander Langer Award on Behalf of Nargess Mohammadi Nargess Mohammadi: We Now Have to Speak of Hope and Love Sunday 5 July 2009 Change for Equality: On 2 July, 2009, at a ceremony held in the City of Bolzano...

When yesterdays report by Israeli NGO " Breaking the Silence " was released it was another report confirming the findings of the Amnesty report "Operation Cast Lead 22 Days of Death and Destruction." Both reports found a...

Please read this BBc report about the latest murder in Russia of a human rights activist. Her name was Natalia Estemirova and she was investigating alleged abuses by government-backed militias in Chechnya http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi...