p2pnet news view P2P | Crime:- RWB (Reporters Without Borders) condemned the decision by a Moscow court dismissing an appeal against the closure of the Ingushetyia.ru website because of ‘extremist’ content.

“Magomed Yevloyev, one of the site’s founders, told Reporters Without Borders he would continue to appeal,” said the post, published near the beginning of August.

It went on »»»

One of the website’s editors, Roza Malsagova, has just requested asylum in France because of the threats she was getting in Russia. Yevloyev’s family has also been threatened.

Now Yevloyev is dead, short in the head while he was in police custody, says ingushetiya.ru.

“Weeks before his killing, it was rumoured that Magomed knew his life was in danger and had planned on seeking political asylum in a European Union country,” says the Wikipedia, going on:

“Local police claimed that Yevloyev was shot after he had attempted to grab an assault rifle from one of the police officers in the car.”

In a post yesterday,  ingushetia.ru demanded an inquiry in what it’s calling Yevloyev’s (Evloev) murder.

“Local authorities tried last November to redirect website visitors to a pornographic site and death threats were made to Yevloyev’s father,” said RWB in March, adding:

“In March, Ingushetian President Murat Zyazikov set up his own website with a similar address (http://ingushetiyaru.net/) in an effort to counter Ingushetyia.ru.”

Says The Independent »»»

Violence is escalating in the Russian region of Ingushetia in the north Caucasus after the apparent murder while in police custody of a leading opposition figure and critic of the Kremlin. Police used batons yesterday to disperse protests which erupted after the death of Magomed Yevloyev, the owner of a website critical of the Ingush government. He was picked up by a police car on Sunday when he arrived at the local airport. Soon afterwards his body was dumped on the road near a hospital with a bullet wound to the head. He died in hospital.

Mr Yevloyev is the best-known Russian journalist to be murdered since the investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in Moscow in October 2006.

In July, “the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists described Ingushetia ‘as a lawless zone where enemies of the press can attack journalists with impunity’,” adds the story.

Reporters Without Borders - Court upholds order blocking website based in Ingushetia, August 13, 2008
ingushetiya.ru - Owner of site ingushetia.ru killed, August 31, 2008
ingushetia.ru - Zyazikov and Medov suspected of participation in murder, September 4, 2008
RWB - The Moscow apartment of the lawyer for the news portal Ingushetiya.ru searched by the authorities, March 6, 2008
The Independent - Violence spreads in Caucasus region after police kill journalist, September 3, 3008

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