- It seems to be open season on anyone trying to highlight the appalling human rights abuses in Chechnya. It’s high time the Russian government acted to stop these killings and prosecute those responsible.
- Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth • On the hostile conditions journalists and human rights activists face in Russia. Prominent rights activist and researcher Natalia Estemirova was abducted outside her home in Ingushetia this morning and found dead just hours later. Estemirova was well known for her work in Chechnya and won the inaugural Anna Politkovskaya prize in 2007. • source