UN Committee Against Torture reminds Russia of need to investigate murders of Anna Politkovskaya and Natalia Estemirova

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0400

In its report on the situation with human rights in Russia, the UN Committee Against Torture criticizes the recently adopted laws on public associations and treason, points out to the failures in the investigation into well-known cases of violence against citizens, and calls on the Russian authorities to investigate and punish the persons, responsible for the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" and human rights defender Natalia Estemirova.