Charity chief found dead in Chechnya

Article reports that Zarema Sadulayeva, the head of a charity helping children in Russia’s turbulent republic of Chechnya has been found shot dead, together with her husband, August 2009, the latest activist to be killed as violence escalates in the region.

The Economist, No.8641, 25.7.09: War and peace through the bravest eyes http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14082316

Website: Moscow Helsinki Group http://www.mhg.ru/english

BBC News, 11.8.09: Activist found dead in Chechnya http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8194568.stm

France24, 11.8.09: Kidnapped children's charity chief and husband found dead http://www.france24.com/en/20090811-sadulayeva-dzhibrailov-chechnya-found-dead-killed-kidnapped-chechnya-save-generations

ESO: Background information: Russian rights campaigner found dead http://www.europeansources.info/record/russian-rights-campaigner-found-dead/

Human Rights Watch: Press Release, 10.8.09: Russia: Find Activist Missing in Chechnya http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/08/11/russia-find-activist-missing-chechnya

Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/09/247: Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the murders of Chechen human rights defender Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/109659.pdf

Council of Europe: Press Release, No.617, 2009: Murder of Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband: the situation in Chechnya is becoming untenable https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=PR617(2009)&Language=lanEnglish&Ver=original&Site=DC&BackColorInternet=F5CA75&BackColorIntranet=F5CA75&BackColorLogged=A9BACE

OSCE: Press Release, 13.8.09: OSCE Chairperson shocked by murders of NGO representatives in Chechnya http://www.osce.org/cio/51239

The Economist, No.8644, 15.8.09: Killings in Chechnya. Zarema's end http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14222216

Deutche Welle, 11.8.09: Human rights activist murdered in Chechnya http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4557143,00.html

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