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Two More Rights Activists Murdered In Chechnya


Zarema Sadulayeva of Save the Generations, in an undated photograph
Zarema Sadulayeva of Save the Generations, in an undated photograph
Zarema Sadulayeva, the head of a charity for Chechen war victims, was found shot dead today along with her husband, Alik Dzhabrailov.

Their bodies were found in the trunk of a car in a suburb of Grozny. They had been abducted from the office yesterday.

The slayings come less than a month after another prominent Chechen rights activist, Natalya Estemirova, was killed.

A full story by RFE/RL about the killings can be found here.

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