The sudden assertion of human criteria within a dehumanising framework of political manipulation can be like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape
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Tanya LokshinaTanya Lokshina is chair of the NGO Demos, and a member of Human Rights Watch Recent articlesWar comes to Ingushetia The border of Chechnya and Ingushetia used to mark the line between war and peace. Now the shootings, torture and disappearances have begun. Putin, Chechnya, and Politkovskaya"In our country too many people, forces and agencies would like to get rid of an uncompromising, relentless journalist.” Tanya Lokshina assesses the politics of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder. (This article was first pubished on 12 October 2006) Russian civil society: an appeal to EuropeThe threats to freedom and human rights in Vladimir Putin's Russia are putting intense pressure on the country's beleaguered human-rights groups. Solidarity from Europe is essential, says Tanya Lokshina. Russian civil society: the G8 and afterThe circus has left St Petersburg, but local NGOs will be digesting the legacy of their involvement in the G8 summit for a long time, says Tanya Lokshina of the Russian human-rights project Demos. |
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