Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up today at a religious ceremony in Chechnya, killing at least ... told The Associated Press that the women detonated bombs they were wearing around ...

"I am not Chechen, I am not Kist. I am not even Georgian. I was born in East Germany. I need my freedom. I am an independent woman, who does not ask for permission to do or go anywhere. In the ...

"He is married and has children. She's younger than his children. The Chechen woman is powerless; she can expect help from nowhere," one of Goilabiyeva's girlfriend's posted, according to The ...

On Saturday, Suleymanova co-organized an all-women rally near the Russian Embassy in Belgium to spotlight Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's “fight against defenseless women” as well as the many ...

Patyayeva befriended Suleimanova while the young woman was fleeing her conservative Chechen family. Police detained Patyayeva on the Akhmat Kadyrov Bridge in southwestern St. Petersburg ...

Chechen women at the funeral of two sisters who were killed and whose bodies were burned in Chechnya. A third sister carried their remains across the border for burial. Ingushetia, 2000.

Soldiers, militia, and their sympathizers continued to sexually assault women with impunity in armed conflicts around the globe, including in Sierra Leone, Chechnya, East Timor, the Democratic ...