Chechnya Peace Forum

RIFKIND: RUSSIA - DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS	CALL FOR ENQUIRY INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES	AKHMED ZAKAEV'S SPEECH TO CPF CONFERENCE

EXCLUSIVE: Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, British Foreign Secretary 1995-1997, argues that Russia has not displayed the maturity that a return to the global fold requires, laying out his criticisms of Moscow's 'controlled democracy' and laments the shameful lack of international attention given to events in Chechnya.	On the back of Russia's decision to investigate possible possible human rights violations in South Ossetia, Russian civil society has written an open letter to the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin to call for the establishment of a judical review into human rights abuses in Chechnya.	London, May 14th: Akhmed Zakaev: peace settlement "would have to be based not on the personal ambitions or grudges but on Russia's real interests which coincide with the interests of the Chechen people. It would be possible to find a mutually beneficial formula for the future relationship based on the principles of legality and justice."

28-08-2008 \| The Mirror		28-08-2008 \| The LA Times

Hostile leader cannot return to old politics		Can the civilized world civilize Russia?

28-08-2008 \| The Times		27-08-2008 \| The Financial Times

David Miliband at last delivers the right words in the right haircut		Medvedev: Why I had to recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions

27-08-2008 \| The New York Times		27-08-2008 \| The Financial Times

Saakashvili: Statement on Russia's action		Alarm at Moscow's escalation of crisis

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22-08-2008
CPF letter published in The Times
Double standards in a dangerous world

Sir, in response to David Miliband's article in your newspaper, it is increasingly apparent that West must treat the conflict between Russia and Georgia as an opportunity to help resolve the problems of the Caucasus as a whole...

07-07-2008
Press Release
Brown must hold Russia to its international commitments at G8

Commenting at the start of the G8 Summit in Japan, Ivar Amundsen, Director of the Chechnya Peace Forum issued the following statement...

07-05-2008
CPF letter published in The Guardian
Chechnya will be the test for Medvedev

In the painful saga of Chechnya and the Caucasus, President Medvedev's predecessor Vladimir Putin used an unyielding position to establish his domestic standing on the back of atrocities in the region...