Russian Federation

• Annual Reports 24
• Country News 153
• Country Reports 67
• Speeches/Statements 14

• Abduction 8
• Abuse of psychiatry 4
• Access to procedures 3
• Appeal / Right to appeal 2
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 23
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
• Asylum-seekers 8
• Chechen 32
• Christian 1
• Civil and political rights 16
• Conflict situation 5
• Corruption 1
• Criminal justice 16
• Death in custody 1
• Death penalty 5
• Deportation / Forcible return 8
• Disappeared persons 10
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 14
• Domestic violence 1
• Economic, social and cultural rights 1
• Effective remedy 5
• Elections 1
• Embargo 1
• Extradition 14
• Extrajudicial executions 8
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 45
• Freedom of assembly and association 66
• Freedom of conscience 9
• Freedom of expression 67
• Freedom of information 28
• Freedom of movement 1
• Freedom of speech 25
• Gender discrimination 1
• Good governance 3
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
• Human rights activists 58
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 33
• Human rights monitors 3
• IDP camps 1
• Immigration Detention 1
• Impunity 16
• Ingush 3
• Internal armed conflict 4
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 7
• International armed conflict 2
• International courts and tribunals 3
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
• Legal representation / Legal aid 2
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 20
• Migrant rights 1
• Migrants 1
• Military courts 4
• Military operations 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
• Minorities 1
• National security / Public order 1
• Non-refoulement 3
• Opposition 8
• Orthodox Christian 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 11
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• Piracy 1
• Police 8
• Political groups 1
• Political parties 3
• Political situation 9
• Pre-trial detention 6
• Prison or detention conditions 6
• Prosecution vs persecution 2
• Protection of camps 1
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 14
• Public health 1
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 6
• Refoulement 3
• Refugee camps 1
• Refugee identity documents 2
• Refugees 3
• Regional instruments 1
• Registration 1
• Rejected asylum-seekers 1
• Right to justice 6
• Right to liberty and security 1
• Right to life 3
• Right to seek asylum 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 16
• SGBV 8
• Safe third country 1
• Sami 2
• Security forces 5
• Security situation 18
• Sexual and reproductive rights 1
• Tatars 1
• Terrorism 2
• Torture 18
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• Uzbek 2
• Women's rights 2

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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