Times Online, July 15, 2009
Nico Hines
Natalya Estemirova dedicated her career to uncovering Russian human rights abuses
An award-winning Russian human rights activist was murdered today after dedicating much of her life to investigating abuses by the Chechen regime.
Natalya Estemirova was shot twice in the head at close-range after she was bundled into a car in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.
The activist, who was one of Anna Politkovskaya’s key collaborators, was found dead near the city of Nazran in Ingushetia. A single mother in her early 40s, Estemirova had collected evidence of human rights abuses in Chechnya since the start of the second war there in 1999.
As well as the murdered Politkovskaya, she worked with Stanislav Markelov, a prominent lawyer and another opponent of rights abuses in Chechnya, who was shot and killed on a Moscow street in January.
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Human rights activist Natalya Estemirova shot dead in Russia
Times Online, July 15, 2009
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Natalya Estemirova dedicated her career to uncovering Russian human rights abuses
Natalya Estemirova was shot twice in the head at close-range after she was bundled into a car in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.
The activist, who was one of Anna Politkovskaya’s key collaborators, was found dead near the city of Nazran in Ingushetia. A single mother in her early 40s, Estemirova had collected evidence of human rights abuses in Chechnya since the start of the second war there in 1999.
As well as the murdered Politkovskaya, she worked with Stanislav Markelov, a prominent lawyer and another opponent of rights abuses in Chechnya, who was shot and killed on a Moscow street in January.
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Tags: Anna Politkovskaya's collaborator, Chechen regime, Chechnya, human rights abuses, Natalya Estemirova
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