Will the killer be found? by Barbora Misakova

There still exist places in this world where human rights are breaking. There is fear, sadness and desperation on everyday’s list. Every time we hear or read about it we are shocked and scared. But fortunately there are still few persons who are brave enough to point out that something like that is happening. Natalya Khusainovna Estemirova was one of them. This Russian human rights activist was a board member of the Russian human rights organization Memorial. This 51-year-old activist graduated in history from Grozny University and taught history in a local high school until 1998. Except that she worked as a correspondent for the local newspapers The Voice and The Wo! rker of Grozny and also for local TV station. During that period she filmed thirteen short documentaries about victims of the Russian punitive practices. She also gathered evidence on human rights violations and filmed child victims of the war on hundreds of photographs. For all her work she received several prizes such as Right Livelihood Award, Anna Politkovskaya Award and she also received Robert Schuman Medal. She worked with many human rights activists such as investigating journalist Anna Politkovskaya and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov. Both were murdered, just like Estemirova. Now the killer of Estemirova has been identified and is now the target of an international search. As Russian President at a summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said: “Now an investigation is under way to not only establish the killer, who is the target of a search, but also the one who ordered this terrible crime.” But Memorial activist are skeptical as they bl! ame the authorities of ignoring leads that could point to the ! involvem ent of security structures in the Caucasus region of Chechnya.

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