Life Without Rights. The Plight of Ahiska Turks in Southern Russia in 2015

Moscow Helsinki Group and SOVA Center for Information and Analysis published report "Life Without Rights. The Plight of Ahiska Turks in Southern Russia in 2015".

This report summarizes the results of a research carried out in southern Russia in April through August 2015 by a team of researchers from the MHG and the SOVA. The purpose of this project was to get information about the number of Ahiska (Meskhetian Turks) living in the Southern Federal District and North Caucasian Federal District of the Russian Federation, including their living conditions, legal status, the extent to which their rights were honored/violated, and to assess the kind of assistance they might need and opportunities for such assistance. ​

Download the report on SOVA.