Defending Human Rights in the Chechen Republic
Who Killed Natasha?
By Mylene Sauloy
France
American Movie Premiere with Filmmaker at the IFC Center New York presented by:
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
Human Rights Watch
Harper’s Magazine
Pen America Center
On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 6:00pm - 8:00 pm
323 Sixth Avenue at West Third Street, New York, NY 10014
Free admission
Screening followed by Panel Discussion
Plus a screening in Washington DC presented by:
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Georgetown Human Rights Action, and
Georgetown Amnesty International
On Thursday, April 14, 2011; 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
551 First Street, NE, Washington DC
Georgetown Law School
Hotung International Law Building, Room 2000
Free admission
Screening followed by Panel Discussion
Panel moderated by Sasha Koulaeva, FIDH Head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Desk, with:
Ali Israilov, human rights victim and father of Umar Israilov, a Chechen witness of abuses and a refugee murdered in Vienna in 2009 Dokka Itslaev, the Russian NGO “Memorial” Coordinator for Chechnya Rachel Denber, Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia, Human Rights Watch Scott Horton, Contributing Editor to Harper’s Magazine and International Human Rights Lawyer Mylène Sauloy, the filmmaker
Who Killed Natasha? explores the murder of journalist and “Memorial” human rights defender Natalia Estemirova. In July 2009, hours after she was abducted from her home, her body was discovered by the side of the road. The filmmaker travels to Chechnya, Russia and England investigating the pattern of silencing dissident voices that speak out against the human rights violations in Chechnya and Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov. The film premiered at the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in March 2011 where it won the Grand Award of the World Organization Against Torture.
