Stanislav Markelov
Stanislav Markelov | |
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Станислав Маркелов | |
Markelov in 2007 | |
| Born | Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov 20 May 1974 |
| Died | 19 January 2009 (aged 34) Moscow, Russia |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Law University |
| Occupations | Human rights lawyer and journalist |
Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov (Russian: Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Марке́лов, IPA: [stənʲɪˈslaf ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf]; 20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a Russian human rights lawyer. He participated in a number of publicized cases, including those of left-wing political activists and antifascists persecuted since the 1990s, as well as journalists and victims of police violence.
Markelov had been the attorney for the family of Elza Kungaeva, a young Chechen woman killed by Russian colonel Yuri Budanov, who was released from prison in mid-January, 15 months before his original sentence was to end. Markelov was murdered by members of the neo-Nazi organization BORN on 19 January 2009 in Moscow.