Anna Politkovskaya

Anna Politkovskaya was a RU journalist who worked for Novaya Gazeta, covering Investigative/Chechnya,. She was killed on October 7, 2006 in Moscow, Russia, becoming one of the many journalists who have lost their lives covering this conflict.

The circumstances: Shot in elevator on October 7, 2006 in Moscow, Russia. The Committee to Protect Journalists verified that her death was directly connected to her work as a journalist.

This death is part of the broader tragedy documented under Journalist Deaths ? Global (Other Conflicts). Journalists covering conflict zones face systematic targeting ? some by combatants who see the press as a threat, others through the indiscriminate violence of war. CPJ has tracked these deaths since 1992.

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). CPJ profile: https://cpj.org/data/people/anna-politkovskaya/. The CPJ is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal.

Anna Politkovskaya was killed during Journalist Deaths - Global (Other Conflicts) (from January 2000 to November -0001). The conflict concluded in November -0001. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Orlando Sierra Hernandez, Paul Klebnikov, Musa Khan Khel, Wali Khan Babar.

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