One Chechen's Cry From A Russian Jail -- 'Do These People Have Hearts?'

by Amina Umarova, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - "The problem with the European Court of Human Rights is that all cases of this type take a very long time to be processed... For example, Imran's complaint was filed in...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on July 25, 2012 4:06 AM

Chechen Leaders Slam Proposed Creation Of Shari'a Courts

by Liz Fuller, Caucasus Report, Czech Republic - Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov and Chechen mufti Sultan-hadji Mirzayev have both harshly criticized the proposal by Chechen legal scholar Dagir Khasavov to establish Shari'a courts in Russia for the benefit of...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on April 27, 2012 1:18 AM

Chechnya, Where Stability Comes at the Price of Secularism

by Christina Nagel, Deutsche Welle, Germany - In the Russian republic of Chechnya, the clock is being turned back as Islamic law creeps into public life. The state's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, is pursuing policies that promote polygamy and headscarves for...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on April 7, 2011 5:59 AM

Chechnya: Choked by Headscarves

by Tanya Lokshina, openDemocracy Russia, UK - In Chechnya there is official support for attacks on women when they are considered to have ‘flouted’ Islamic rules by not wearing a headscarf or covering up enough. Tanya Lokshina listened to some...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on September 29, 2010 12:45 AM

Casualties of the Post-War Era

by Anna Badkhen, The National, UAE - In spite of the republic’s meteoric reconstruction, kidnappings and extra-judicial killings still ravage Chechnya....

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on March 19, 2010 6:40 AM