The attackers shaved Elena Milashina's head, broke several of her fingers, and covered her head with green dye, according to human rights group Memorial, which also says she had lost consciousness several times.
in Russia, was traveling to the Chechen capital Grozny from the local airport with Alexander Nemov, a lawyer, when they were attacked.
Milashina and Nemov, who had planned to attend a court hearing later on Tuesday, are now in hospital in Grozny.The attackers shaved Milashina’s head, broke several of her fingers and covered her head with green dye, according to“They were brutally kicked, including in the face, threatened with death, had a gun held to their heads, and had their equipment taken away and smashed,” Memorial said in a statement on Telegram.
“While being beaten, they were told: “You have been warned. Get out of here and don’t write anything.” A photograph of Milashina posted on social media showed her sitting on a hospital bed with her face covered in green dye, her head shaved, and bandages on her left arm and right hand.Their attackers had made it clear the duo were being punished for their activism and reporting, it said.
Milashina and Nemov were in Chechnya to cover the sentencing by a court of Zarema Musayeva, a Chechen woman charged with assaulting a policeman., of its media license, a move Muratov said was politically-motivated. –
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