"June, 2015"--Table of contents page. "This report was researched and written by Daniel Williams, then senior researcher with Human Rights Watch's emergencies program, and Tanya Lokshina, senior researcher in Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia division"--Page 97. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
"Map -- Summary -- Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Counterinsurgency, Counterterrorism and Russian Law -- III. Abuses in Counterinsurgency Operations -- IV. Harassment of Salafis by Law Enforcement Authorities -- V. Abuses Related to Detention of Suspects -- VI. Threats to Lawyers, Journalists, and Rights Defenders -- VII. Insurgent Attacks on Police and Civilians -- VIII. International Human Rights Standards -- Acknowledgements.
Summary:
"The 97-page report and an accompanying video document human rights violations in counterinsurgency efforts as well as crimes by insurgents in Dagestan from 2012 through 2014. The abuses are set against a background in which authorities treat adherents of Salafism, a fundamentalist interpretation of Sunni Islam that is increasingly popular in Dagestan, as criminal suspects despite the absence of any grounds to suspect them of a specific offense"--Publisher's description.
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