Russian Federation -- Women and girls victims of human rights abuses (selected case studies).

M2 Presswire, January, 2002

M2 PRESSWIRE-24 January 2002-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Russian Federation -- Women and girls victims of human rights abuses (selected case studies) (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24012002 I. Women and girls in the Chechen Republic -- On the night of 26 March 2000, Kheda (Elza) Visaevna Kungaeva, aged 18, from the village of Tangi-Chu was kidnapped from her family home by Colonel Yury D.

Budanov, the commander of a tank regiment, and his soldiers. Colonel Budanov took Kheda Kungaeva to his tent, reportedly to interrogate her, but instead he strangled her. A ...