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- Caucasus - Chechnya - human rights - murder - Russia


Activist's murder highlights the risks for rights groups
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The abduction and murder of a leading human rights activist has shined a spotlight on the continuing violence in Chechnya and the risks faced by those who try to document rights abuses in the former Soviet republic.
By FRANCE 24 (with wires) (text)
Carla WESTERHEIDE / Nicholas RUSHWORTH (video)

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