Amendment No. 23 | Doc. 14083 | 24 April 2017

Human rights in the North Caucasus: what follow-up to Resolution 1738 (2010)?

Signatories: Mr Frank SCHWABE, Germany, SOC ; Mr Yves CRUCHTEN, Luxembourg, SOC ; Ms Ute FINCKH-KRÄMER, Germany, SOC ; Ms Gabriela HEINRICH, Germany, SOC ; Mr Pieter OMTZIGT, Netherlands, EPP/CD

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 3.5, insert the following sentences:

"In particular, in the run-up to the September 2016 local elections in the Chechen Republic, local authorities comprehensively repressed even the mildest criticisms, including dissenting opinions expressed by ordinary citizens, and viciously attacked critical Russian and foreign journalists and human rights defenders. Chechen law enforcement and security agencies, acting directly or through apparent proxies, increased the practices of unlawful detention and enforced disappearances, cruel and degrading treatment, death threats, and retaliation against family members of local critics."