13 August 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Russian Federation
Ingushetia: alleged punitive operation by security forces against village of Ali-Yurt following attack on Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters in Magas; officially an anti-terrorist operation; reports of indiscriminate beatings and arbitrary arrests; no official investigation of incidents; death threats against justice seekers
IHF Open Letter Regarding an Abusive Raid in the Village of Ali-Yurt, Ingushetia, on 28 July 2007 (Appeal or News Release, English)
13 August 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
India
Further acts of judicial harassment against Mr. Gopen Chandra Sharma, member of the human rights organisation Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)
Further acts of judicial harassment against Mr. Gopen Chandra Sharma - IND 002 / 0807 / OBS 017.2 (Appeal or News Release, English)
13 August 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
India
Further acts of judicial harassment against Mr. Gopen Chandra Sharma, member of the human rights organisation Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)
Further acts of judicial harassment against Mr. Gopen Chandra Sharma - IND 002 / 0807 / OBS 017.2 (Appeal or News Release, English)
6 August 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Kyrgyzstan
Picket staged by NGO Democracy outside US embassy in Bishkek on 30 July 2007 cracked down by police; NGO leader Tursun Islam and his son Alisher arrested; Tursun freed the same day, Alisher still in custody; NGO works to protect rights of Uighur minority
Police Crackdown on Human Rights Picket in Kyrgyzstan (Appeal or News Release, English)
9 July 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Report on situation of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Human Rights Defenders at Risk (Special or Analytical Report, English)
5 July 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Russian Federation
European Court on Human Rights finds Russian Federation guilty concerning the disappearance of former speaker of the Chechen parliament, Ruslan Alikhadziev
European Court Finds Russian Federation Guilty Concerning the Disappearance of Former Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, Ruslan Alikhadziev (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 June 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Ukraine
Information on human rights violations like torture, ill-treatment, and police violence
Torture and Police Violence in Ukraine Must End (Appeal or News Release, English)
13 June 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Kyrgyzstan
Death penalty abolished in country's constitution in 2006; according to human rights activists, its successful implementation still requires amendments to penal law and reforms of correctional and judicial systems
Human Rights NGOs Welcome the First Step Toward the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Call for Further Measures for Its Successful Implementation (Appeal or News Release, English)
12 June 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Belarus
Human rights situation in country remains worst in Europe; increasing repression against civil society
IHF and FIDH appeal to Human Rights Council not to terminate the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (Appeal or News Release, English)
8 June 2007 | IHF – International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Kazakhstan
Almaty: Hare Krishna community ordered to demolish further houses within 10 days; 14 houses have already been demolished and new demolitions would leave dozens of members of community rendered homeless
Open Letter concerning Demolition of Hare Krishna Properties (Appeal or News Release, English)