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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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