§ Tom Brake:To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the human rights situation in Chechnya. [143931]
§ Mr. Rammell:We remain concerned over consistent reports of human rights abuses in Chechnya, especially reports of rising numbers of "disappearances". We regularly raise our concerns on human rights in Chechnya with the Russian authorities. We most recently did so following the Chechen Presidential elections, when I called for human rights to be upheld in Chechnya.