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Prosecutor General, Igor Viktorovich Krasnov
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| Your Excellency, | | I
am writing to express extreme concern about the prominent Russian
investigative journalist and human rights defender Elena Milashina. She
is facing death threats, intimidation, and physical attacks and there
are serious concerns over her safety. | | Since
the publication of her article in Novaya Gazeta on 15 March 2021 "I
served in the Chechen police force and I didn’t want to kill people"
Milashina's situation has worsened, and Chechen officials began a
defamation and intimidation campaign against Elena and Novaya Gazeta.
Much of Milashina's journalistic work has focused on Chechnya, where
human rights violations and impunity are rampant, but also where
journalists and those who defend human rights are at serious risk of
retaliation, threats, intimidation, smear campaigns and violence. In
2020 Elena was the target of a death threat made on Instagram by Ramzan
Kadyrov, the Head of the Chechen Republic, as well as being physically
attacked by a mob in Grozny. | | Those
who have threated and attacked Milashina have acted with impunity. The
risk to her safety is increasing. I therefore ask you to ensure that the
threats and physical violence stop and are investigated, and that
Milashina can carry out her journalistic duties without fear of attack. | | Thank you for your attention. |
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