Natalya Estemirova
Natalya Estemirova | |
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Наталья Эстемирова | |
Posthumous portrait of Estemirova by Chechen painter Asya Umarova | |
| Born | 28 February 1958 |
| Died | 15 July 2009 (aged 51) |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Grozny University |
| Occupation(s) | Human rights activist, journalist, teacher |
| Board member of | Memorial (society) |
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Natalya Khusainovna Estemirova (Russian: Наталья Хусаиновна Эстемирова, Chechen: Наталья Хусайнан йоI Эстемирова; 28 February 1958 – 15 July 2009) was a Russian human rights activist and board member of the Russian human rights organization Memorial. Estemirova was abducted by unknown persons on 15 July 2009 around 8:30 a.m. from her home in Grozny, Chechnya, as she was working on "extremely sensitive" cases of human rights abuses in Chechnya. Two witnesses reported they saw Estemirova being pushed into a car shouting that she was being abducted. Her remains were found with bullet wounds in the head and chest area at 4:30 p.m. in woodland 100 metres (330 ft) away from the federal road "Kavkaz" near the village of Gazi-Yurt, Ingushetia.