Today, on the first anniversary of Natalia Estemirova’s murder, RAW in WAR mourns and remembers Natasha and the truth about the war in Chechnya, for which she paid with her life.

We are launching a campaign to demand justice for Natasha and to honour her truth-telling. We will continue to re-print our open letter from 15 July 2009, the day Natasha was abducted and killed, until justice is done. Please show your support and sign our petition , asking the Russian Government to bring to justice those who killed Natasha Estemirova and Anna Politkovskaya, and the world’s leaders to pledge to do everything in their power to protect the journalists and human rights defenders who work in areas of war and conflict.

Help us to carry on Natasha’s work and to amplify the voice of other women from areas of war and conflict by supporting the Natalia Estemirova Scholarship in Human Rights Journalism.

The scholarship is set up in cooperation with City University in London. The recipient will undertake a one year Master course in Journalism and will also receive the opportunity of an internship placement at the Guardian newspaper.

Help us make this happen! Show your support, donate £1 and ask your friends to do so.

We need to raise £30,000 to allow the first recipient of the Natalia Estemirova Scholarship to start her programme and her career in human rights journalism.

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