Human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov shot dead in Moscow

A top human rights lawyer who acted for the family of Kheda Kungayeva, an 18-year-old Chechen woman murdered by a Russian army officer, has been shot dead in Moscow. Stanislav Markelov, who also represented Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist killed in 2006, was shot dead in the street by an unknown gunman. A newspaper journalist who was with him, Anastasia Baburova from the Novaya Gazeta, was badly wounded in the attack and died a few hours later in hospital.

Human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov shot dead in Moscow news.bbc.co.uk Mon, Jan 19, 2009