I was deeply shocked and saddened to learn today of the brutal killing of Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband, Alik Dzhabrailov. Ms. Sadulayeva was a tireless campaigner for the welfare of children with disabilities and/or traumatized by war in Chechnya. Though I did not personally know her, we had exchanged a few emails and I was sickened to hear of her death.
“Ms Sadulayeva was a tireless activist who was committed to creating public awareness about the landmine problem in the region and advocating for the rights of landmine survivors and other people with disabilities,” said Ms Kasia Derlicka, Advocacy and Campaign Officer for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, in a press release on their website. “Her death is a huge loss to the mine action community.”
The killing of Ms. Sadulayeva and her husband is the latest in a string of high profile murders of human rights activists in the Russian Federation.
“This is a ghastly crime, and its authors must be brought to justice,” said Holly Cartner of Human Rights Watch. “These killings, less than a month after the murder of Natalia Estemirova, make it absolutely clear that anyone trying to help the people of Chechnya is in mortal danger.” Click here to read Human Rights Watch’s press release.
Russian and Chechen authorities must do everything they can to ensure an independent investigation into these murders and bring an end to the impunity that is strangling any free speech in the country. Unfortunately, the trend of recent events suggests that any such political commitment from Russian and Chechen governmental bodies is highly unlikely.
As the Obama administration begins to formulate a new foreign policy towards Russia, it should support Russian human rights and democracy activists, whose lives are growing more dangerous every week.
While Russia is powerful and has important oil resources, we cannot afford to allow those flickering lights of freedom to be snuffed out by the reactionary and criminal elements that are tightening their control over the Russian political and economic system.
-Matthew Bolton
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