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Censorship in the Caucasus: Elena Maglevannaya Threatened by Neo-Nazis

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Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/eastern-europe/journalism-and-censorship-caucasus-revisiting-stories-never-told Journalist Elena Maglevannaya dared to expose the torture of Chechen detainees in Russian prisoners. As a result, she was sued for libel, attacked by neo-Nazis and threatened with institutionalization. Since 1993 more than 35 journalists in Russia have been murdered for their work. Of these some 14 were killed in Chechnya, the North Caucasus region or in St. Petersburg. According to the International Federation of Journalists, these figures only account for victims believed--with near certainty--to have been killed for their reporting. Many more have died under mysterious circumstances. Russia is ranked as one of the deadliest places in the world to be a journalist as well as one of the worst countries for solving journalist murders. This interview is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored project "Journalism and Censorship in the Caucasus: Revisiting Stories Never Told" http://bit.ly/rQX8e0

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Censorship in the Caucasus: Elena Maglevannaya Threatened by Neo-Nazis

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