Chechenia

MEMORIAL Human Rights Center
Migration Rights Network

Edited by Svetlana A. Gannushkina

ON THE SITUATION OF RESIDENTS OF CHECHNYA
IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

July 2005 – July 2006

Moscow
2006

The project is funded by the European Commission

Based on the materials gathered by the Migration Rights Network,
Memorial Human Rights Center, Civic Assistance Committee, Internet Publication Caucasian Knot, SOVA Information and Analysis Center, and others

S.A. Gannushkina, Head of the Migration Rights Network, Chairwoman of the Civic Assistance Committee L.Sh. Simakova, compiler of the Report

Other contributors to the Report included: A. Barakhoyev, Ye. Burtina, S. Magomedov, Ye. Ryabinina, and Sh. Tangiyev

The Migration Rights Network of Memorial Human Rights Center has 56 offices providing free legal assistance to forced migrants, including five offices located in Chechnya and Ingushetia (www.refugee.memo.ru)
In Moscow lawyers from the Migration Rights Network use the charitable Civic Assistance Committee for Refugee Aid as their base (www.refugee.ru).

ISBN 5-93439-206-9

Circulated free of charge

CONTENTS

I. Introduction 5 II. Living Conditions and the Security Situation of Internally Displaced Persons and Residents of the Chechen Republic 8 III. The Situation of People from Chechnya in the Republic of Ingushetia 19 IV. The Situation of People from Chechnya in Russia’s Regions 24 V. Abductions of Civilians in the Military Conflict Zone in the North Caucasus 38 VI. Conclusion 51 VII. Appendices 53 Appendix 1. Campaign