A month ago, on the 23rd anniversary of the liberation of Grozny by Ichkerian forces, a group of Chechen activists began a “March for the Supremacy of Law and Justice” at the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg. September 6,...
For the last two weeks, a small group of Chechen activists carrying Chechen, Ukrainian, Turkish, German and American flags has been marching from Strasbourg to Geneva to attract attention to the Chechen cause and seek justice and the rule...
Many have been speculating about what steps Russia and Ukraine must make to achieve a stable peace, but in nearly every case, they ignore the fundamental reality that Ukraine is a victim of Russian aggression and Moscow can’t be counted...
Hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers did not take Berlin because they died in battle against the Germans, but a large if yet unknown number failed to do so because they were shot by Soviet security agencies before they could make a...
The concept of “human shields” in international law International humanitarian law prohibits the use of civilians for military purposes. The use of “human shields,” when warring sides use unarmed civilians as a living barrier...
Very detailed evidence Now, almost three years after, very detailed evidence has been gathered about the event. The governments of the states who lost most citizens in the catastrophe have set up a Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which has...
The Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Giunduz Mamedov, whose office has been operating in mainland Ukraine since the annexation of the peninsula, has confirmed recently that a substantial part of violations committed by the...
“We still do not know what they did to the Jews. Terrifying rumors are heard from the Lukianivske cemetery. But they still cannot be trusted. They say that the Jews are being shot. Those escorting them to the point where they were...
