Russian Paper Publishes Slain Reporter's Unfinished Story
posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
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Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/12/2006 3:53 PM Russian Paper Publishes Slain Reporter's Unfinished Story
Thursday, October 12, 2006
AP
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MOSCOW — A slain Russian journalist's last story was published Thursday, revealing an unfinished report on torture in Chechnya that some colleagues believe may have motivated her murder.
Anna Politkovskaya's article described the torture of terrorism suspects by the Kremlin-backed Chechen security services. It was accompanied by graphic images of abuse taken from a video apparently shot by the torturers.
Four pictures reproduced in the Novaya Gazeta paper were accompanied by a Russian translation of the culprits' expletive-filled conversation in Chechen about how hard it was to kill the victims. The images did not reveal the torturers' faces. "Are we fighting legally against lawlessness?" Politkovskaya asked in the article. "Or are we thrashing them with our own lawlessness?"
Politkovskaya, 48, was gunned down in her apartment building Saturday. At home and abroad, her slaying drew concern about the risks faced by journalists who criticize Russian authorities and expose abuses. Prosecutors have said she was probably killed because of her journalistic work, but there have been no immediate leads. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,220152,00.html
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