[funsec] Fringe: Russian Web Dissident 'Accidentally' Killed by Police

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via InformationWeek (Reuters).

[snip]

The owner of an opposition Internet news site in Russia's troubled
Ingushetia region was shot dead on Sunday after police detained him, his
colleagues said.

Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the Ingushetiya.ru Internet site, was a vocal
critic of the region's Kremlin-backed administration which is accused by
critics of crushing dissent and free speech.

Interfax quoted the Russian prosecutor's office as saying an investigation
into the death had been launched.

A posting [1] on Yevloyev's site -- which has been the subject of repeated
official attempts to close it down -- said he was shot after police
detained him when he landed in Ingushetia's airport.

It said he was taken to hospital but died from his injuries. The site also
called on "all those who are not indifferent" to his killing to gather for
a demonstration in Nazran, Ingushetia's biggest town.

[snip]

More:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/policy/showArticle.jhtml?artic
leID=210201594

Also, According to a report on RIA Novosti, the police say he was "shot
accidentally":

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080831/116421990.html

Hat-tip: IntelFusion.net
http://intelfusion.net/wordpress/?p=401


[1]
http://ingushetiya.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/anti-kremlin-website-founder-di
es-in-police-custody/

- - ferg

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