"August 2016"--Table of contents page. "This report was researched and written by Tanya Lokshina, senior researcher and Russia program director with Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia division. The report was edited by Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division"--Acknowledgments. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Annex: Selected Video Materials Analyzed for the Report. Summary -- Recommendations: To the Government of the Russian Federation -- To Russia's International Partners -- To the Council of Europe -- Methodology -- V. Background: Ramzan Kadyrov's Rise to Power -- Kadyrov's War on Opponents: Lawless Counter-insurgency Tactics -- Autocracy Under Kadyrov -- Testing the Kremlin's Tolerance -- The Lead-up to Kadyrov's Interim Endorsement by the Kremlin -- II. Attacks on Dissenters Inside Chechnya: Khizir Ezhiev (forcibly disappeared, tortured, killed) -- Khusein Betelgeriev (enforced disappearance and torture) -- Taita Yunusova (arbitrary detention) -- Rizvan Ibraghimov and Abubakar Didiev (forcibly disappeared, publicly humiliated) -- Adam Dikaev (humiliating and degrading punishment) -- Aishat Inaeva (public humiliation) -- Ramazan Dzhalaldinov (threats, house-burning, abuse of family-members, public humiliation) -- III. Attacks on Human Rights Defenders: Chronicle of the Crackdown against the JMG and its Leadership -- Violent Attack on Igor Kalyapin in Grozny -- IV. Attacks on and Harassment of Journalists: Attack on Bus with Journalists -- Ilya Azar, Meduza (threats, arbitrary detention) -- Elena Milashina, Novaya Gazeta (harassment, threats) -- V. International Standards and Domestic Legal Framework: Right to Life -- Freedom from Torture and Cruel and Degrading Treatment -- Prohibition of Unlawful Detention/Arrest -- Freedom of Expression -- Acknowledgements -- Annex: Selected Video Materials Analyzed for the Report.
Summary:
"The report, "'Like Walking a Minefield': Vicious Crackdown on Critics in Russia&#x;s Chechen Republic," describes how local authorities punish and humiliate people who show dissatisfaction with or seem reluctant to applaud the Chechen leadership and its policies. The report also details increasing threats, assaults, and detention of journalists and human rights defenders"--Publisher's description.
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