Criticism, speech and death: the case of Magomed Yevloyev

This just in and a sharp reminder of the cost of speaking openly and critically in some parts of the world. Magomed Yevloyed, owner of a website critical of the Kremlin found himself arrested — bad enough, but his arrest led to his death under suspicious circumstances. See http://ingushetiya.wordpress.com/

According to the BBC, Yevloyev was a thorn in the side of Ingush President Murat Zyazikov, a former KGB general. His website reported on alleged Russian security force brutality in Ingushetia, an impoverished province of some half a million people, mostly Muslims, which is now more turbulent than neighbouring Chechnya. -more to follow

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