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Attack on office in Chechnya reiterates need for proper investigation
09.06.2015
Russia
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims condemns last week’s attack on the office and apartment of its Russian member the Committee Against Torture (NGO CAT) and calls on the authorities to instigate a proper investigation and punish those involved in the attack.
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Anti-torture activists expelled from Russia
28.05.2015
Russia
IRCT is deeply concerned by reports that staff from Danish Institute Against Torture have been fined and expelled from Russia
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International Environmental Activists Denied Visitation with Evgeny Vitishko
28.05.2015
On 21 May 2015 Kate Watters and Sergey Solyanik of Crude Accountability were denied permission to visit Evgeny Vitishko, an environmental activist wrongly imprisoned in Penal Colony No. 2 in Sadovaya, Russia.
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Moldova: ECHR Penalizes Government Negligence
24.02.2015
Moldova
The European Court of Human Rights established a violation of the right to freedom of assembly and association in the case Promo-LEX and others v. Moldova (Application no. 42757/09).
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A letter from an Azerbaijani prison
20.02.2015
Azerbaijan
Khadija Ismayilova is writing from an Azerbaijani prison
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NGO coalition calls on Chancellor Merkel to stop ‘business as usuaul’ with Azerbaijan
22.01.2015
Azerbaijan
Civil society groups sent a letter to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel with an appeal to make human rights a central subject in her meeting with the president of Azerbaijan
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Send your New Year greetings to political prisoners!
23.12.2014
Azerbaijan
Join an international campaign of solidarity and send a New Year postcard with words of support to Azerbaijani human rights defenders, who are behind bars.
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Rasul Jafarov Congratulates Human Rights Defenders from Prison
12.12.2014
Azerbaijan
The arrested human rights activist Rasul Jafarov sent congratulations to his colleagues on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day. He called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release civil society activists from prison.
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NGOs Call on the OSCE to Take Action on Ukraine, Closing Space for Civil Society, Torture and Intolerance
03.12.2014
On 2-3 December 2014, civil society organizations from across the OSCE region met in Basel to endorse recommendations to OSCE participating States about to meet in the annual Ministerial Council
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OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference 2014: draft agenda and documents
29.11.2014
Draft documents and information on the OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference 2014 in Basel, 2-3 December 2014.
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Civil society demands investigation of journalist’s murder
03.11.2014
Russia
On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, 2 November, international organisations called upon the Head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, to help end the cycle of impunity for attacks on those who exercise their right to free expression in Russia.
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Court decides to keep Rasul Jafarov on remand for 3 more month
27.10.2014
Azerbaijan
On 23 October, at a closed session Nasimi district court heard the petition of the Prosecutor’s Office requesting to extend the term of pretrial detention of human rights defender Rasul Jafarov for three more months.
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