The journalist, Elena Milashina, has a long history of covering human rights abuses in Chechnya.
That attack on the journalist and lawyer fits a consistentin Chechnya. Milashina has covered such abuses extensively over her career and has long faced threats and other attempts at intimidation.
Above, a photo of Ramzan Kadyrov, the provincial governor of Chechnya. Kadyrov on Tuesday announced a law enforcement investigation into the brutal assault of a journalist and lawyer in the province.The pair's car was surrounded as they attempted to leave the airport, at which point they were targeted by the masked attackers, who beat them with clubs, brandished guns, and destroyed their equipment.
"They threw the driver out of the car, got in, bent our heads down, tied my hands, forced me down to my knees and put a gun to my head," she explained.
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