Amnesty Blogs: From Belarus to Uzbekistan : There is no rule of law

Source: http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=2507

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Stanislav Markelov, lawyer and human rights defender was shot dead in the centre of Moscow as he prepared to appeal again against the early release of a Russian former colonel sentenced for the murder of a Chechen girl.

Anastasia Baburova, a young journalist from the newspaper Novaya Gazeta, wounded in the same attack, has since died.

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Created by vero on 20 January 2009

vero's thoughts:

Journalists are seriously in danger in Russia. Read this blog post from Barrie on Amnesty Blogs.

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