Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya wrote to fight injustice. She covered stories of violence, corruption, and abuse, including the human rights situation in Cechnya. Her articles were published in foreign media, and her books translated into many languages.
Although her work was internationally revered, she was critical of the Russian and Chechen governments, and it also brought her many enemies.
Politkovskaya was detained and her life endangered many times, including one case in which she was poisoned on her way to cover a school hostage crisis in North Ossetia. In 2006 she was murdered outside her home in Moscow.
In 2007, four men were charged with Anna's murder, but acquitted. The Russian Supreme Court has ordered further investigation into the case, but nearly four years later her murderers remain unidentified and at large. Urge Russia's Prosecutor General Yuri Yakovlevich Chaika to to find and bring to justice Politkovskaya's killers.
Dear Prosecutor General,
Journalist Anna Politkovskaya covered stories of violence, corruption, and abuse. Her articles were published in foreign media, and her books translated into many languages.
In 2006, she was murdered at her home in Moscow. Almost four years later, her killers have still not been brought to justice.
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Politkovskaya was detained and her life endangered many time throughout her career, including a case in which she was poisoned on her way to cover the 2004 school hostage crisis in Beslan, North Ossetia. Although her work was internationally revered, it also brought her many enemies.
In 2007, four men were charged with Politkovskaya's murder, but were later acquitted. In 2009, the Russian Supreme Court ordered further investigation into the case. But more than three years after she was murdered, Politkovskaya's killers remain unidentified and at large.
Anna Politkovskaya was a noble internationally renowned journalist; I urge you to find and bring to justice her killers.
