Natalya Estemirova

Natalya Estemirova
Наталья Эстемирова
Posthumous portrait of Estemirova by Chechen painter Asya Umarova
Born	(1958-02-28)28 February 1958 Kamyshlov, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	15 July 2009(2009-07-15) (aged 51) Gazi-Yurt, Ingushetia, Russia
Cause of death	Assassination
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Grozny University
Occupation(s)	Human rights activist, journalist, teacher
Board member of	Memorial (society)
Awards	Right Livelihood Award Robert Schuman Medal, EPP Group Anna Politkovskaya Award

Natalya Khusainovna Estemirova (Russian: Наталья Хусаиновна Эстемирова; 28 February 1958 – 15 July 2009) was a Russian human rights activist and board member of the Russian human rights organization Memorial. Estemirova was abducted by unknown persons on 15 July 2009 around 8:30 a.m. from her home in Grozny, Chechnya, as she was working on "extremely sensitive" cases of human rights abuses in Chechnya.^[1] Two witnesses reported they saw Estemirova being pushed into a car shouting that she was being abducted. Her remains were found with bullet wounds in the head and chest area at 4:30 p.m. in woodland 100 metres (330 ft) away from the federal road "Kavkaz" near the village of Gazi-Yurt, Ingushetia.^[2]