UA: 46/12 Index: EUR 46/002/2012 Issue Date: 9 February 2012

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The right to freedom of expression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the Russian city of St Petersburg could be severely restricted if a new bill is passed into law. The bill is due to have its third hearing in the city's legislative assembly in the coming days. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 214/11 Index: EUR 46/029/2011 Issue Date: 13 July 2011

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 23 AUGUST 2011.
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The Tajikistani authorities have asked the Russian authorities to extradite Ismon Azimov from Russia for "organization of a criminal group", suspecting that he is a member of the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Ismon Azimov would be at serious risk of torture or other ill-treatment if returned to Tajikistan. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU UA: 22/11 Index: EUR 46/018/2011 Issue Date: 29 March 2011

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Forcible eviction of families from “temporary” accommodation in the Chechen capital Grozny in Russia has continued. The Prosecutor’s Office has found no violations of the right to housing. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 345/09 Index: EUR 46/030/2009 Issue Date: 22 December2009

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 2 FEBRUARY 2010.
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Georgi Nakani, a 21-year-old man from village of Neitrino in the Russian Federation Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the North Caucasus, was abducted by unidentified men at around midnight on 15 December. He was shot at, pushed into a car and driven away. His whereabouts are unknown and Amnesty International fears he may be the victim of an enforced disappearance. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 335/09 Index: EUR 46/029/2009 Issue Date: 11 December 2009

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The lives of Adnan Ibragimov, a 54-year-old man from Chechnya in the Russian Federation, and his family are in danger after he began pursuing a criminal investigation into the apparent enforced disappearance of his nephew, Said-Salekh Ibragimov. [ Lire la suite » ]