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Belarus
Joint NGO statement on defamation lawsuit against the editor-in-chief of the news website Nasha Niva
Belarus: Criminal defamation case against editor-in-chief of Nasha Niva Yahor Martsinovich must be dropped (Appeal or News Release, English)
April 2019 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Poland
Report on access to the asylum procedure at Poland's external borders (current situation; challenges)
HFHR report: access to asylum procedure at Poland’s external borders. Current state of affairs and future challenges (Special or Analytical Report, English)
24 November 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Russian Federation
Human rights activist and 3 journalists abducted, beaten up and threatened with execution in Nazran; demonstration they wanted to observe violently dispersed; dissidents detained as they join "March of Dissent" in Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow
24 November - Another Black Day for Human Rights and Democracy in Russia (Appeal or News Release, English)
November 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Uzbekistan
Report on torture and ill-treatment in detention, violation of international fair trial standards and prison conditions: Personal testimonies by death row inmates and their families
Personal Testimonies of Torture by Death Row Inmates and Their Families (Special or Analytical Report, English)
4 October 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Kazakhstan
IHF doubts government’s readiness to chair the OSCE; lack of progress and deterioration in certain human rights
IHF Doubts Kazakh Government’s Commitment to Helsinki Principles and Readiness to Chair the OSCE (Appeal or News Release, English)
21 September 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Russian Federation
Chechnya: Separatist politician Tutakov abducted by uniformed and armed men on 12 September 2007; authorities deny any involvement
Open Letter regarding the "Disappearance" of Vagap Tutakov, Former Representative of the Ichkeria Parliament (from 1997) to the PACE (Appeal or News Release, English)
21 September 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Belarus
Rising prosecution of political and NGO activists; often sentenced to long prison terms or high fines
Open Letter to the Council of Europe PACE Subcommittee (Appeal or News Release, English)
30 August 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Russian Federation
Nishnii Novgorod: Police raided the office of the newspaper Novaya Gazeta on 30 August 2007; 6 computers confiscated; allegations of using unlicensed software
Famous Independent Newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” Raided in Nizhny Novgorod (Appeal or News Release, English)
29 August 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Russian Federation
Nishnii Novgorod: all computers in the office of the NGO Foundation to Support Tolerance seized on behalf of the regional department of the Ministry of Interior; officially to investigate possible extremist content; work of the NGO effectively disabled
Another Abuse of Russian Anti-Extremism Legislation: Computers of a Nizhny Novgorod NGO Seized on Suspicion of Extremism (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 August 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Kyrgyzstan
Several people died after being tortured by GOVD (city department of the Ministry of Interior) police officers in the city of Naryn; officers on trial were acquitted
Cases of Death Under Torture Mounting in the City of Naryn (Appeal or News Release, English)