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Russia – Authorities claim to have identified human rights activist’s murderer | Reporters Without Borders | RSF
Alexander Bastrykin, the chief investigator at the Russian prosecutor’s office, today told a visiting delegation from the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists that investigators have identified the person who killed human rights activist Natalia Estemirova and hope to arrest him soon. Bastrykin said the evidence gathered in the course of the investigation left no doubt that this was the person who killed Estemirova in the North Caucasus in July 2009. The police know in which republic the suspect is currently located and expect to arrest him in the next few days, he added.
Russia: Human Rights Groups Call for Justice on Anniversary of Estemirova’s Murder
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - We, the undersigned, are gravely concerned about the situation of human rights defenders in the Russian Federation, including several murders targeting
Address to President Medvedev Regarding the Human Rights Situation in the North Caucasus
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Dear Mr. President, Human Rights Watch wholeheartedly welcomes your initiative to meet with the Presidential Civil Society Council and independent experts





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