The Russian authorities should withdraw their petition to ban a human rights monograph as “extremist.” The case is part of the growing misuse of anti-extremism legislation against civil society activists. On December 6, 2012, the Dzerzhinsk City Court in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia will hold a hearing on a petition filed by the local prosecutor’s office to ban a book by Stanislav Dmitrievsky, et. al., International Tribunal for Chechnya. Prospects of Bringing to Justice Individuals Suspected of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity During the Armed Conflict in the Chechen Republic. The 1,200-page book was published in July 2009 with a print-run of 700 copies and made available to broader audiences on the website of Novaya Gazeta, a leading independent newspaper. (...)

The article:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/03/russia-stop-efforts-ban-human-rights-book

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Council of Europe - Publication of anti-torture Committee report on Russian Federation:
http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/rus/2013-01-24-eng.htm

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Cecenia - Oltre 40 i militanti uccisi nel 2012:

http://www.atlasweb.it/2013/01/23/cecenia-oltre-40-i-militanti-uccisi-nel-2012-579.html

Passato...prossimo:
http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5157:russia-protect-human-rights-defenders-in-chechnya-&catid=46:diritti-umani&Itemid=105