Russia and Chechnya conflict : The Grave of Humanity

Chechnya(one of the 21 republics and 89 regions of Russia) is an Islamic Republic in conflict against Russia. In 1858 it was forced into the Soviet Union after years of bloodshed. During the following years the region reluctantly had to follow the laws of an unfeeling central government in Moscow. With the Fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 Chechnya declared independence from the Soviet Union. Russia sent troops to march to Grozny (Capital of Chenya) to disarm the republic and re-unite with Russia. The war that followed in 1994 was the most recklessly fought battle by Russia. The Russian army was young, and poorly trained and equipped. Grozny was grinded to the ground by indiscriminate air-strikes after Russian army failed to seize the capital. Thousands of civilians including women and children lay buried till this day under the tons of concrete of the razed capital. The people who survived fled to refugee camps in neighboring republics. Most of them were left with somebody in their family missing or dead. In 1996 Russians finally lost the battle and were driven out of Chechnya. In 1999 Russians returned and inflicted even more air-strikes and were more careful and merciless. Chechnya was captured with nothing much to rule. Most of the republic was destroyed and many were slaughtered. Many of the people who survived were to see a never ending war rage between Chechen rebels and the Russian army that still continues till this day. Russians routinely arrest and harass the people. There is widespread collapse of human rights. Chechens are systematically tortured. Their bodies are mutilated. Human rights activist have found a graveyard with thousands of mutilated bodies. But the world does not know; as reporters are banned in the region to allow greater brutality. Reporters if get in, can't get out. And Chechnya slips out of the world agenda. The conflict have left more than 2 lakh dead. More than 10000 of which are children. The screams of the people get muffled in the Russian blizzard! Pray for the lost and left.