Anna Politkovskaya’s murder - 3 years tomorrow - october 7

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not forgotten.

A total of 22 journalists have been killed in connection with their work in Russia since March 2000. Russia was ranked 141st out of 173.
source: reporters without borders, http://www.rsf.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=34650

oh, and RSF was prevented from going to moskow for the anniversary, of course no visa for them.
well, not a surprise.

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1. Anna Politkovskaya's son speaks out after activists barred from Moscow trip - the Guardian

'The son of the murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya today accused the Russian authorities of "stupidity" after they prevented the head of the press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders, from travelling to Moscow.

Jean-François Julliard, the general secretary of Reporters Without Borders, had been due to take part in a news conference today commemorating the third anniversary of Politkovskaya's murder. But he was unable to travel after Russia refused him a visa.

A second representative from Reporters Without Borders, Elsa Vidal, was also barred. Politkovskaya's daughter Vera described the decision by the Russian government as "extremely strange" and "absolutely not understandable This appears to be political."

Politkovskaya's son, Ilya, added: "It's really stupid. I think Reporters Without Borders is not an organisation you need to be afraid of."'

The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/06/anna-politkovskaya-murder-son

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2. Iranian women's rights activists win courage award

A group of women who are risking imprisonment to collect one million signatures on a petition demanding greater women's rights in Iran were presented on Tuesday with the Anna Politkovskaya award for courage.

The annual prize, presented in memory of the campaigning Russian journalist who was murdered three years ago in Moscow, is awarded by Reach All Women (RAW) in War, a human rights group which focuses on stopping violence against women in conflict situations.

"We gave them the award because they are an extremely brave and courageous group of women and they are really changing the society in Iran, which is extremely difficult," RAW in War founder Mariana Katzarova told Reuters.
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Natalia Estemirova, the award's first recipient and a close friend of Politkovskaya, was abducted in Chechnya and killed in July this year.

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Iran/idUSTRE5955XZ20091006

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