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• Amnesty International 24
• Child Soldiers International 3
• Committee to Protect Journalists 106
• Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture 2
• Freedom House 87
• Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack 1
• Human Rights Watch 26
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 3
• International Federation for Human Rights 9
• International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) 9
• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 2
• International Trade Union Confederation 9
• Minority Rights Group International 15
• Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) 7
• Reporters Without Borders 13
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 5
• United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 12
• United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 12
• United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 13
• United States Department of Labor 13
• United States Department of State 73

• Abduction 21
• Abkhazians 3
• Abuse of psychiatry 1
• Access to procedures 3
• Airports 4
• Anglican 1
• Animist 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 27
• Armed forces / Military 10
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 14
• Armenian 2
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• Baha'i 4
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• Border conflict 2
• Border controls 4
• Buddhist 10
• Carrier sanctions 2
• Catholic 11
• Chechen 27
• Child labour 18
• Child prostitution 13
• Child soldiers 7
• Children's rights 38
• Children-at-risk 20
• Christian 11
• Christian Scientist 1
• Circassians 1
• Civil and political rights 11
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Conflict resolution 1
• Conflict situation 7
• Copts 1
• Corruption 29
• Crimean Tatars 1
• Criminal justice 24
• Dalit 1
• Death in custody 3
• Death penalty 7
• Demobilization / Disarmament 4
• Democracy 13
• Deportation / Forcible return 10
• Disappeared persons 26
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 38
• Domestic violence 2
• Drug trafficking 1
• Economic, social and cultural rights 13
• Effective protection 1
• Effective remedy 2
• Elections 50
• Equality before the law 6
• Evangelical 5
• Expulsion 2
• Extradition 4
• Extrajudicial executions 38
• Falun Gong 4
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 3
• Finno-Ugric 1
• Flight by land, air or sea 1
• Forced labour 28
• Forced marriage 3
• Forced relocation 1
• Foreign occupation 4
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 42
• Freedom of assembly and association 66
• Freedom of conscience 2
• Freedom of expression 216
• Freedom of information 57
• Freedom of movement 24
• Freedom of religion 68
• Freedom of speech 28
• Gender discrimination 19
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Generalized violence 1
• Good governance 11
• HIV and AIDS 5
• Hare Krishna 5
• Hindu 3
• Hmong 1
• Honour killings 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 6
• Human rights activists 38
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 50
• Human rights courts 8
• Human rights monitors 16
• Humanitarian assistance 1
• Immigrants 3
• Immigration Detention 4
• Impunity 19
• Income-generating projects 1
• Independence of judiciary 21
• Indigenous persons 11
• Ingush 3
• Integration 1
• Internal armed conflict 14
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 17
• International armed conflict 1
• International courts and tribunals 4
• International criminal law 2
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 7
• International protection 2
• Inuit 1
• Involuntary repatriation 1
• Jehovah's Witness 11
• Jew 14
• Juvenile justice system 2
• Karachay 1
• Karen 1
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
• Laws relating to religion 1
• Legal representation / Legal aid 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 19
• Livelihoods 1
• Luo 1
• Lutheran 3
• Mandate status 1
• Maternal and child health care 1
• Mennonite 1
• Mental health 3
• Meskhetians 1
• Messianic Jews 1
• Methodist 4
• Migrant rights 4
• Migrants 13
• Military courts 1
• Military operations 3
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 12
• Minorities 32
• Minority rights 11
• Montagnards 1
• Mormon 7
• Muslim 16
• Naturalization 1
• Nomads 1
• Non-refoulement 1
• Non-self-governing territories 1
• Opposition 18
• Orthodox Christian 13
• Ossetians (South) 5
• Passports 3
• Peace process 4
• Peacekeeping 3
• Pentecostal 5
• Persecution based on nationality 4
• Persecution based on political opinion 8
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 7
• Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
• Persons with disabilities 14
• Police 13
• Political parties 7
• Political situation 5
• Pre-trial detention 2
• Presbyterian 2
• Prison or detention conditions 19
• Property restitution 1
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 7
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 6
• Protestant 12
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 4
• Public health 6
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 15
• Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 4
• Referendum 1
• Refoulement 4
• Refugee identity documents 1
• Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
• Refugee travel documents / CTDs 2
• Refugees 11
• Religious discrimination 34
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 15
• Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
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• Right to education 9
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• Right to health 2
• Right to justice 4
• Right to liberty and security 2
• Right to life 3
• Right to self-determination 7
• Roma 6
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 25
• SGBV 23
• Sami 1
• Sanctions 5
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• Security situation 15
• Seventh Day Adventist 3
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• Terrorism 33
• Threats / Intimidation 10
• Torture 27
• Trafficking in persons 45
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 3
• Travel documents 1
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• Witnesses 1
• Women's rights 29
• Women-at-risk 13
• Work permits 3
• Zoroastrian 1

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• Amnesty International - Russian Federation
• BBC News - In depth: The Chechen Conflict
• BBC Russian
• Caucasus Times
• Chechen Press
• Chechnya Advocacy Network
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Russian Federation
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Russia
• Ingushetiya.ru
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Russian Federation
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Moscow
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Russian Federation
• Memorial Human Rights Center
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Russian Federation
• Prague Watchdog
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - North Caucasus
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Russia
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Tatar-Bashkir
• ReliefWeb - Russian Federation (the)
• The Chechen Republic Today
• UNHCR - Russian Federation
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Russian Federation
• United States Department of State - Russia
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Russian Federation