YABLOKO to pay tribute to the memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasiya Baburova killed by neo-Nazis
Press Release, 16.01.2015
On January 19 (at 13:00) YABLOKO activists will lay flowers at the site where lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasiya Baburova were killed in 2009.
YABLOKO takes place in the memory action every year.
Markelov and Baburova were shot in the head by neo-Nazies in Moscow in plain daylight on January 19, 2009. The murders were brazen and demonstrative. Stanislav Markelov as lawyer handled cases connected with violence in Chechnya, both against the federal forces who tortured and murdered Chechen civilians, and against the Chechen leadership, who were suspected of kidnapping and murders. Journalist Anastasiya Baburova was at the murder site when Stanislav was gunned, tried to follow the killer and was also killed.
YABLOKO activists will gather by the party office at Pyatnitskaya 31/2 bldg 2 at 12:30 and then go to Prechistinka street.
Posted: January 19th, 2015 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.