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July 14, 2008 | Press Release

Appalling Ruling in Court Case Between Dutch Government and MSF

Geneva, July 14, 2008 – The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is shocked by the judgment rendered today by Switzerland's highest judicial body, the Federal Tribunal, which rejected the arguments of MSF in a kidnapping ransom case.

May 4, 2007 | Press Release

MSF Dismayed by Dutch Government Appeal of Geneva Court Ruling

Geneva, May 4, 2007 — Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces in the strongest possible terms the relentless attitude of the Dutch government in its pursuit of legal action against MSF and its persistent denial of the role it played in freeing Arjan Erkel.

March 15, 2007 | Press Release

MSF's Statement on Arjan Erkel Court Decision

Geneva, March 15, 2007 – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has just learned with great satisfaction of the judgement handed down by the Court of First Instance of the Republic and Canton of Geneva concerning the case brought against it by the Netherlands Government. This lawsuit involved the reimbursement of a ransom paid by the Netherlands authorities in April 2004 for the release of Arjan Erkel, MSF head of mission who was held hostage in the North Caucasus region for over 600 days.

March 24, 2006

Treating Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Abkhazia: A Doctor's Account

Adrien Marteau is a doctor in the MSF tuberculosis (TB) treatment program at Gluprish Hospital in Abkhazia, located within the borders of Georgia in the Caucasus region. He shares his frustrations as a doctor treating drug-resistant forms of this illness.

March 24, 2006

A Terrible Burden: Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Abkhazia

MSF has supported the local branch of the national TB program in Abkhazia since 1996. Since 2001, the program has included treatment for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), one of the most frightening health scourges of former Soviet countries.

April 22, 2005

On the Dutch Government's Court Case Against MSF

One year after the release on April 12 2004, of Arjan Erkel, a Dutch volunteer for MSF who was kidnapped in Dagestan and held captive for 20 months, MSF has been brought before a civil court in Geneva, Switzerland by the Dutch government.

August 10, 2004 | Special Report

The Trauma of ongoing War in Chechnya

February 12, 2004 | Press Release

After 18 Months of Captivity, Arjan Erkel Still Missing

Moscow/New York, NY, February 12, 2004 - One-and-a-half years after the abduction of Arjan Erkel, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the failure of the Russian authorities to bring about a positive resolution of his case. MSF believes that the absence of any progress in the case is a clear indication that a firmer political commitment is needed by the Russian Federal and local authorities to ensure the safe release of Arjan.

November 5, 2003 | Press Release

Arjan Erkel, More Than 14 Months in Captivity

June 15, 2003 | Ideas & Opinions

Q&A With Gabriel Trujillo, MSF Head of Mission in the Caucasus

For the last year and a half, 32-year old Gabriel Trujillo has been the Head of Mission MSF programs in Moscow and the North Caucasus, managing programs for the nearly 150,000 displaced Chechens living in Ingushetia.

June 10, 2003 | Press Release

Displaced Chechens Forced Back to War Zone

December 10, 2002 | Special Report

Abkhazia: Old and Frail in the Shadow of the Embargo

Abkhazia is a Causasian territory on the shores of the Black Sea. Ravaged by war ten years ago, the embargo imposed by Russia and Georgia continues ever since.

September 10, 2002 | Press Release

Doctors Without Borders Head of Mission Remains Missing

August 19, 2002 | Press Release

MSF Demands Unconditional Release of Arjan Erkel

August 14, 2002 | Press Release

MSF Condemns Kidnapping Of Relief Worker

August 13, 2002 | Press Release

MSF Confirms Kidnapping of Aid Worker in Dagestan

August 6, 2002 | Press Release

MSF Strongly Condemns Kidnapping of Aid Worker

July 19, 2002 | Open Letters

Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell

On the closing of Chechen refugee camps in Ingushetia.

July 9, 2002 | Press Release

MSF Condemns Relocation of Displaced Chechens

February 28, 2002 | Press Release

Civilians Continue to Flee Violence in Chechnya

January 16, 2002 | Press Release

Civilians Continue to Flee Violence in Chechnya

February 4, 2001 | Press Release

MSF Relief Worker Released in Chechnya

January 10, 2001 | Press Release

MSF Worker Disappears in Chechnya

November 22, 2000 | Special Report

Chechnya: The Politics of Terror

January 27, 2000 | Press Release

Open Letter to the Council of Europe