1. Two More Journalists Are Attacked in Caucasus.
- Author
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Cullison, Alan
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CRIMES against journalists , *HATE crimes , *TELEVISION journalists , *NEWSPAPER editors , *THREATS - Abstract
The article reports on two attacks on journalists in Russia's Caucasus region which reinforces Russia's reputation as a hostile environment for the media. In Dagestan, television journalist Telman Alishaev was shot in the head Sept. 2, 2008 while he sat in his car. Radical Islamists singled out Mr. Alishev for his criticism of Wahhabism. In Nalchik, newspaper editor Miloslav Bitokov was severely beaten outside his home Sept. 2, 2008 after receiving threats for publishing articles critical of local authorities.
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- 2008