This is Just Sad

One of the top human rights advocates for Chechnya has been murdured.

From Human Rights Watch:

Natalia Estemirova, a top human rights activist in the troubled Russian
republic of Chechnya and a close colleague of Human Rights Watch, was abducted
near her home in Grozny on the morning of July 15, 2009, carried off in a car as
people on a nearby balcony heard her call for help. Her body was found later
that day in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia...In Chechnya, where decades
of armed conflict have made violence and abuse a daily reality, human rights
defenders like Estemirova are rare. She was known for her fearlessness in
exposing human rights violations and for demanding that perpetrators be held
accountable. At her urging, victims and witnesses of Chechnya's
brutalities broke their silence to denounce their abusers, some even testifying
in court cases brought by Memorial and others in an attempt to see the
perpetrators held to account.