Legal texts

May 10, 2024 22:27

• Law of Georgia "On Transparency of Foreign Influence" (bill with an explanatory note)

  The Georgian ruling party, having a majority in the parliament, has approved the bill "On Transparency of Foreign Influence" in the first and second readings.

October 03, 2023 16:55

• UN team completes mission to Karabakh

  A United Nations mission, led by Vladanka Andreeva, UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan, visited the Karabakh region in Azerbaijan on Sunday, 1 October.

January 13, 2018 05:07

• Russia: Authorities Should Free Chechen Human Rights Defender Immediately

  “By all appearances Oyub Titiev’s case is fabricated as a revenge for his human rights work. We demand Russian authorities to drop charges, immediately release Oyub Titiev, and guarantee his safety. Russia’s international partners should keep a close watch on the situation and demand Russian authorities to free Oyub Titiev,” said Joanna Kurosz, Eurasia programme director at Civil Rights Defenders.

January 12, 2018 11:00

• The Detention of Oyub Titiev of Russian NGO "Memorial"

  We are troubled by the news that the head of the local Chechen branch office of the Russian human rights NGO Memorial, Oyub Titiev, has been arrested. This is the latest in a string of reports of alarming recent human rights violations in Chechnya. We call on Chechen authorities to immediately release Mr. Titiev.

January 10, 2018 22:47

• OSCE/ODIHR Director voices concern over arrest of and charges against head of Memorial Human Rights Centre in Chechnya

  Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), voiced serious concerns regarding the arrest and detention of Oyub Titiev, Director of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in Chechnya, in the North Caucasus republic of the Russian Federation.

September 15, 2016 17:40

• Reporters Without Borders: Young independent journalist jailed arbitrarily in Chechnya

  The three-year jail sentence that Chechen journalist Zhalaudi Geriyev received on a charge of drug possession on 5 September was clearly a politically-motivated punishment for his reporting and, as such, was the latest offensive in Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov’s war against independent journalism.

September 15, 2016 16:21

• Freedom House: Russia Sentences Online Journalist to Prison

  In response to a Russian court sentencing Zhalaudi Geriev, a journalist with the online news site Caucasian Knot, to three years imprisonment, Freedom House issued the following statement.

September 09, 2016 23:53

• ARTICLE 19: Journalist imprisoned in Chechnya must be released

  ARTICLE 19 condemns the sentencing of Caucasian Knot journalist, Zhalaudi Geriev, to three years in jail on dubious narcotics charges, which we believe to be politically motivated.

September 09, 2016 18:13

• Front Line Defenders: Sentencing of human rights journalist Zhalaudi Geriev on fabricated charges

  On 5 September 2016, the Shali District Court of Chechnya sentenced human rights defender Mr Zhalaudi Geriev to three years imprisonment on charges of drug possession.

September 09, 2016 16:15

• Russia: Journalist Punished for Chechnya Reporting

September 09, 2016 13:37

• RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Caucasian Knot journalist sentenced to three years’ in prison

December 16, 2013 11:36

• Decree of the President of the Russian Federation N 686 "On the use of high security during the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi"

December 06, 2011 23:00

• Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan

July 13, 2009 02:00

• Divided Europe Reunited: promoting human rights and civil liberties in the OSCE region in the 21st century

  Draft Resolution on “Divided Europe Reunited: promoting human rights and civil liberties in the OSCE region in the 21st century” - OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Vilnius

September 10, 2008 21:04

• The Current Situation in Georgia and Implications for U.S. Policy

  Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

December 15, 2005 11:59

• US House of Representatives Resolution on Russia's New NGO Legislation

  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

December 15, 2005 09:17

• European Parliament resolution on human rights in Russia and the new NGO legislation

  European Parliament resolution on human rights in Russia

September 22, 1999 15:03

• On Prohibition of Wahhabite and Other Extremist Activities in the Territory of the Republic Dagestan

  The Law of the Republic Dagestan