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Home›News›We Want Justice for Natalya!

We Want Justice for Natalya!

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July 22, 2009
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The supporters of the human rights organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in WAR) send a letter to British newspaper “Guardian” and they asked to justice for Natalya Estemirova.

“Today marks a week from the abduction and murder of Chechen human rights activist Natalia Estemirova. A week after her murder, nobody has been charged for this crime and Natalia’s organisation, Memorial, the only human rights group left working in Chechnya, has announced that it is closing down.

We are all supporters of the human rights organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in WAR), and in October 2007, on the eve of the anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder, we presented to Natalia Estemirova the first annual Anna Politkovskaya award, to recognise women who are defending human rights in zones of war and conflict, often at great personal risk.

We are shocked and outraged by the killing of Natalia Estemirova in Chechnya last Wednesday. We presented the Anna Politkovskaya award to her for her courage in seeking and telling the truth about the torture, disappearances and murders of civilians in the war in Chechnya.

Natasha (as she was known among friends and colleagues) was a gentle, loving woman and a brave truth-teller who was not afraid to speak out about torture, rape and disappearances in Chechnya. She paid for it with her life. Like Anna did. Because there is nothing more dangerous than telling the truth in today’s Russia. And Natasha was a truth-seeker with every fibre of her being. She just couldn’t remain silent; she couldn’t play it safe. She was a fierce spirit, a whistleblower, a caring and loyal friend, a deeply loving woman, who stood up for humanity.

Like Anna, she was killed because she told the truth about the “dirty war” in Chechnya. She was a condemned woman – giving voice to condemned people: the people of Chechnya. Natasha was a unique woman whose courage earned her death threats and abuse from the authorities at home, and the love and admiration of human rights supporters at home and around the world. She lived a life of courage and truth-telling in the face of grave danger, as Anna did.

We call on the Russian government to bring to justice both those who killed Natasha Estemirova and those who ordered her murder, and to end the killings of journalists and human rights defenders in the Russian Federation. We call on the Russian government to bring to justice the killers of Anna Politkovskaya, for whose murder, three years on, justice has not been done.

We also call on the world’s leaders to demand justice for Natasha and safety for her colleagues from the human rights group, Memorial, in Chechnya, and to pledge to do everything in their power to protect the journalists and human rights defenders who work in areas of war and conflict, and who speak out on behalf of the victims, as Natasha and Anna did.

On 6 October 2008, on the eve of the anniversary of Anna’s murder, Natasha presented the Anna Politkovskaya award to the courageous young parliamentarian from Afghanistan, Malalai Joya, with the words: “Malalai, be brave.” We owe it to the memory of Natasha and Anna to protect the very few who still speak out on behalf of those to whom nobody wants to listen.

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Guardian/22.07.2009

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