*Ø* Blogmanac | Speak Out on Chechnya, Blair
Recent Human Rights Watch research and Russian government statistics show that the situation in Chechnya is steadily worsening, with some 60 people being "disappeared" every month. Russian officials have also recently admitted the existence of forty-nine mass graves, containing the remains of almost 3,000 people.
President Vladimir Putin is to arrive in London on June 24 for a three-day state visit. In an open letter to the British prime minister, Human Rights Watch called for Tony Blair to press for an end to abuses and to ensure accountability for those implicated in rights violations.
Read the open letter
Recent Human Rights Watch research and Russian government statistics show that the situation in Chechnya is steadily worsening, with some 60 people being "disappeared" every month. Russian officials have also recently admitted the existence of forty-nine mass graves, containing the remains of almost 3,000 people.
President Vladimir Putin is to arrive in London on June 24 for a three-day state visit. In an open letter to the British prime minister, Human Rights Watch called for Tony Blair to press for an end to abuses and to ensure accountability for those implicated in rights violations.
Read the open letter
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