Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 27 February 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Russia regarding the need to ensure that victims of torture in Chechnya receive justice.
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary regularly raises the issue of human rights in Chechnya with his counterpart in the Russian Government. Most recently, the EU-Russia human rights dialogue chaired by UK presidency in September 2005 included discussion of judicial reform in Chechnya. Reports of ongoing incidents of such human rights abuses including torture, abductions and murder are unfortunately still commonplace in the region. We have emphasised to the Russian side the importance of confronting the prevailing culture of impunity and ensuring that the perpetrators of these abuses are brought to justice.
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