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Killer of famous human rights activist identified – source
Published: 25 February, 2010, 12:33
Edited: 26 February, 2010, 03:27
TAGS: Crime, Russia, Human rights
Investigators have identified the likely killer of Natalia Estemirova, the famous Russian human rights activist, who was murdered last July.
The news comes from an unnamed source close to the investigation, who talked to RIA Novosti news agency. The source did not reveal any names, but said the suspected assassin has not been arrested yet.
Estemirova was kidnapped in the Chechen capital, Grozny, on July 15 last year. Her body was later found in the territory of neighboring Ingushetia.
The murder of the famous activist caused outrage both in Russia and abroad.
Fred Weir from the Christian Science Monitor told RT: “She [Estemirova] was the last good human rights monitor here on the ground of Chechnya and what happened to her was a clear message to anyone who wants to carry out that kind of activity. In order to counter that, the authorities had to take pretty swift action to make it clear that people who do that kind of work will be protected by the law and by the authorities in Russia. Nothing of that kind has happened.”
“I was staying at Natalia’s apartment, helping her with many of the cases she was working on. They were extremely sensitive cases about enforced disappearances, extra-judicial executions and punitive house burnings,” recalls Tatyana Lokshina, deputy director of Human Rights Watch, who worked closely with Natalia Estemirova.
25.02.2010, 10:05
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@ Zak, yes I agree, a lot depends on this story and the outcome of the investigation. The tone of this article makes it seem that top officials want the truth out and are warning lower level authorities to "clean up their act". I hope so, anyway.
She should have been aware of the dynamics of the cases she was working with. Sometimes when you save one person, you kill another or leave them just as wounded as the one you "saved."