Russian Journalist Elena Milashina Speaks Out on Alarming Rise in Murders, Threats Against Critics of Government Abuses...

by via Democracy Now

Thu, Oct 29, 2009 7:32PM

Thursday, October 29, 2009 :Russia has seen an alarming rise in the murders of journalists and activists speaking out about government abuses in the embattled North Caucasus region. We speak to Elena Milashina, a Russian investigative journalist who has just won the 2009 Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism from Human Rights Watch. She was friends with both the activist and journalist Natalya Estemirova, who was killed in July, and the internationally renowned Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed in October 2006.

Guest:

Elena Milashina, Russian investigative journalist for Russia’s most prominent independent newspaper Novoya Gazeta. She writes about government abuses, repression and corruption, particularly in the embattled North Caucasus region of Russia. She just received the 2009 Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism from Human Rights Watch.

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