Aleksandr Nemov is a human rights lawyer, whose work has been instrumental in exposing gross human rights violations in Chechnya and the broader North Caucasus region, focusing on defending victims of torture. His work has required undoubtable courage, and has helped to draw international attention to the plight of political prisoners, forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, and extrajudicial killings in Russia.

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