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Thomas Dworzak RUSSIA. Grozny, Chechnya. 03/2002. Destruction in the city center. Nothing has been rebuilt since the two wars. Girl with balloons.

(I think this is one of the best photos in the collection)

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Thomas Dworzak Pankissi Valley, Duisi village. October, 2000. "Kistintzi" (Georgian Chechens) village, home to several thousand Chechen refugees. Chechen refugees demonstrating against Russia.

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Full Story: http://polosbastards.com/pb/ingushet...st-the-rubble/

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Chechen man with his wife and 2 children, in URiC refugee centre, Poland.

He has lost his two legs during the Russian air bombing of AP over his village where were not any rebel fighters... During the hospitalisation in Ingushetia he has fallen in love with the doctor, they’ve married soon and were trying hard to live a normal life with the daughter of 3 years and the son of 2 years. The Russian force were coming to his place weekly interrogating and threatening . They have decided to leave for a safer place. Poland welcomed them.



Four women who’ve just arrived two weeks ago from Chechnya, at the URiC refugee Centre in Poland.

They were intruded several times by the cowled soldiers of the Russian Force. I decided to leave after they raided violently the house again five weeks ago. We have been travelling for six days and night from Grozny to Moscow and then to Poland to reach the safety.

Full Story: http://www.watchdog.cz/index.php?sho...-000172&lang=1

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Shamil. Chechnya. During a Polish language lesson in the Linina reception centre. Waiting to be considered for his application, our aliens can make use of Polish language classes. The classes are mixed, and children naturally dominate. The interest in language classes is a reflection of who intends to stay in our country, and who intends to prepare for further travels.


Copyright by Łukasz Trzciński

http://www.lukasztrzcinski.com/picture.php?p=210

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Angelina Jolie Visits Chechen Refugees in Ingushetia, 2004



Tent raider
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie speaks to a woman at the Bella refugee camp on Friday near the village Ordzhonikidzevskaya in Ingushetia, a region bordering Chechnya. Jolie, who is in Russia as a goodwill ambassador for the UN, visited refugee camps near Chechnya.
PHOTO: AP

TO READ ANGELINA JOLIE'S FULL JOURNAL OF HER TIME AMONG CHECHEN REFUGEES, CLICK HERE.

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A Chechen girl at school in Khimservis settlement. Internally displaced children from this and neighboring camps attend school here.
©UNHCR/T.Makeeva



A Chechen mother cooks a family meal in Sputnik tented camp, Sunzhenski district. Many of the displaced people are now facing their fifth winter living in tents.
©UNHCR/T.Makeeva

www.unhcr.org

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so is anyone else gonna post photos?

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A Chechen. Granted refugee status. A former Chechen guerilla fighter, she spends her free time working with handicapped children in equestrian therapy sessions.



Chechens. 23-year old today, Ali became a freedom fighter in 1999, carrying clothing, sleeping bags, water and food across mine fields. After a year, he stepped on a mine with his brother. Ali lost his sight and his right arm. His brother did not survive. He received refugee status in June, along with his wife and daughter. He was accompanied to Poland by his mother, sister, son-in-law and two brothers. They are collecting money for Ali’s convalescence.



(I thought this one was particularly sad...)

Malik. Chechnya. In a 24-hour kindergarten he is waiting for his mother, who had to be operated on in hospital. Her partner is alone in their flat. Her husband was taken in a regional round-up in 2001. Her father was killed in their home in Grozny, and her brother was found dead by the roadside. She fled to neighbouring Ingushetia, where Malik was born. His mother obtained refugee status three months ago. She is now looking for work.



Chechens. Dancers in a folk group founded at the Bialystok reception centre. 18-year old Zaira is staying in Poland with a distant relative. 14 year-old Wahid arrived here with his mother. His father was blinded 9 years ago.

http://www.opc.uj.edu.pl/obcy_en.html

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Dagman Tatasheva and her year-old son, Umar, are two of the 1,400 Chechens still living in the Satsita refugee camp, which will soon close.

Photo Credit: Peter Baker -- The Washington Post

Fully Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004May16.html