Russia-Chechnya – Photos of Women With Pictures of Missing Relatives – European Parliament Exhibit
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: July 22, 2005
WUNRN
The Chechen
Republic, Chechnya, is a federal
subject
of Russia.
Europe’s Darkest Corner:
Photographs
from Chechnya 1994-2007
7 to 11 April 2008
European Parliament,
Brussels
Argun,
Photographer: |
Europe’s
Darkest Corner:
Photographs
from Chechnya 1994-2007
7 to
11 April 2008
European Parliament, Brussels
International concern for human rights abuses in Chechnya has virtually
disappeared since the “war on terror” began in 2001. Priorities of the
international community have shifted while tens of thousands of civilians have
died, hundreds of thousands have been displaced, and access to justice and
fundamental freedoms are continuously denied.
The Russian government has gone to great lengths to persuade the
international community that the situation is steadily “normalizing”, yet human
rights violations continue. Russian forces continue to engage in brutal
violence against civilians, assisted by forces of Chechen president Ramzan
Kadyrov, while Chechen fighters commit unspeakable acts of violence in Chechnya
and neighbouring republics. The ongoing war not only brings untold suffering to
countless people but has undermined the goal of fighting terrorism, fuelling
even more violence on both sides.
The photo exhibition will run in the European Parliament from 7 to 11 April
2008, and will be complimented by a roundtable discussion on 8 April 2008
entitled “Human Rights in Chechnya: What Can the EU Do?”.
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