Natalia Khusainova Estemirova , one of the most prominent human rights activists in Chechnya, who was abducted and found murdered on Wednesday has sparked an international outrage, with many wondering, who would be next on the hit-list and whether or not, it is worth to risk their lives to report on gross human right violations? [...]

Fifty year old Natalia Estemirova was a human rights campaigner working with Memorial, the Russian human rights organisation which investigated human rights violations both in Chechnya and Russia. She has documented hundreds of human rights abuse in Chechnya and was a well known regional expert. She was a close friend and colleague of famous human [...]