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Award-winning Russian investigative journalist Elena Milashina and civil rights lawyer Alexander Nemov were brutally attacked in Grozny, Chechnya’s capital, earlier this month while on their way to the trial of a human rights activist.

Russian journalist Elena Milashina was beaten, had her fingers broken, her head shaved and was doused with green dye in attack.

Award-winning Russian investigative journalist Elena Milashina and civil rights lawyer Alexander Nemov were brutally attacked in Grozny, Chechnya’s capital, earlier this month while on their way to the trial of a human rights activist.

Last week, a group of masked individuals attacked Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov. NGOs are calling on the Russian government to hold to account the perpetrators.

Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist who uncovered the horrific crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, was “severely beaten” alongside a lawyer in an attack in the southern Russian republic, according to her employer Novaya Gazeta.

(CNN) — Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist who uncovered the horrific crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, was severely beaten alongside a lawyer in an attack in the southern

Click to expand Image Elena Milashina 2009 Patricia Williams Today, a group of armed thugs in Chechnya's capital, Grozny, attacked Elena Milashina, a prominent journalist and a recipient of Human Right Watch's award for extraordinary activism, and Alexander Nemov, a human rights lawyer. Both had been working on the case of Zarema Mussaeva, who was being tried on apparent politically motivated charges. Milashina and Nemov were on their way to court when men in black balaclavas dragged th...

Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist who uncovered the horrific crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, was “severely beaten” alongside a lawyer in an attack in the southern Russian republic, according to her employer Novaya Gazeta.