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Natalya Estemirova
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Russian human rights activist (1958-2009)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1958-02-28 ) 28 February 1958, Kamyshlov , Sverdlovsk Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 15 July 2009 (2009-07-15) (aged 51), Gazi-Yurt , Ingushetia , Russia
- Cause of death
- Assassination
- Alma mater
- Grozny University
- Occupations
- Human rights activist, journalist, teacher
- Board member of
- Memorial (society)
- Awards
- Right Livelihood Award Robert Schuman Medal, EPP Group Anna Politkovskaya Award
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Natalya
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Kamyshlov
- Place of death
- Gazi-Yurt
- Occupation
- lecturer
- Educated at
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Image
- Natalia Estemirova.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1958-02-28
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- WikiProject Human rights
- date of death
- 2009-07-15
- manner of death
- homicide
- member of
- Memorial
- Commons category
- Natalya Estemirova
- name in native language
- Наталья Эстемирова
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Encyclopedic overview
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 an unknown group of people 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 forced into a car shouting that she was being abducted. Her remains were later 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.
Biography
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