Elena Milashina
Encyclopedia
Elena Milashina is a Russian investigative journalist for Novaya Gazeta
.
In October 2009 she was awarded Human Rights Watch
's Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.
She continues investigations started by her colleague Anna Politkovskaya
, who was assassinated in Moscow in 2006.
Novaya Gazeta
Novaya Gazeta is a Russian newspaper well known in the country for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs....
.
In October 2009 she was awarded Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...
's Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.
She continues investigations started by her colleague Anna Politkovskaya
Anna Politkovskaya
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist, author, and human rights activist known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and then-President of Russia Vladimir Putin...
, who was assassinated in Moscow in 2006.
External links
- Milashina Speaks Out on Alarming Rise in Murders, Threats Against Critics of Government Abuses in North Caucasus - video report by Democracy Now!Democracy Now!Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...