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Last broadcast on Mon, 20 Jul 2009, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
A prominent human rights worker called Natalya Estemirova has been shot dead in the Russian republic of Chechnya. She was one of the people interviewed by Lucy Ash during her investigation of the treatment of women in Chechnya.
There are reports of the police failing to investigate the common practice of the abduction of women, and of a series of murders and disappearances of women allegedly because of their immoral lifestyle.
Lucy Ash asks what the uneasy peace there means for Chechen women.
Remembering Natalia
Crossing Continents Lucy Ash remembers Natalia Estemirova, the exceptional woman she met on a recent visit to the Chechen capital Grozny.
Broadcasts
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Thu 16 Jul 200911:00
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Mon 20 Jul 200920:30
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