Russia 2000
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Russia in 2000
- FEBRUARY 5, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch said that 62 civilians were shot...
Human Rights Watch said that 62 civilians were shot to death in Aldy, in western Grozny when Russian soldiers rampaged through this suburb of Chechnya's capital, calling it the worst massacre of the war in the separatist republic, after Chechen rebels aba
- JANUARY 28, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Avdeev...
Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Avdeev explained that the reason why Moscow did not consider President Maskhadov either the legitimate president of Chechnya or a suitable negotiating partner was that he introduced Islamic law in Chechnya,
- JANUARY 27, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approved Recommendation 1444 (2000) on the issue of the situation in the Chechen Republic, deciding limiting the credentials of the delegation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the Par
- JANUARY 13, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevgeny Voronin...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevgeny Voronin welcomed the decision of the Turkish government to suspend the death sentence imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan and said: "We regard this decision as the manifestation of the readiness of the Turk
- JANUARY 12, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
China returned Ho Young Il, 30, and six other North...
China returned Ho Young Il, 30, and six other North Koreans defectors to North Korea
- JANUARY 1, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In 1996, the then President Boris Yeltsin imposed a...
In 1996, the then President Boris Yeltsin imposed a moratorium on the use of capital punishment when Russia joined the Council of Europe on February 28 of that year
- JANUARY 1, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
At least 16 mass graves containing the mutilated bodies...
At least 16 mass graves containing the mutilated bodies of Chechen civilians have been discovered in Chechnya in 2000