Iskandar Chatlonij
Iskandar Chatlonij ( Tajik Искандар Хатлонӣ , English transcription Khatloni ; born October 12, 1954 , † September 21, 2000 in Moscow ) was a Tajik radio journalist.
Khatlonij studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute . He began working as a journalist for the BBC World Service in the 1980s . In 1996 he became Moscow correspondent for the Tajik service of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL).
On September 21, 2000, Iskandar Khatlonij was killed with an ax by strangers in his apartment. At the time, he was researching human rights violations in Chechnya , for which the station had been repeatedly criticized by official sources.
The perpetrator has not yet been caught.
See also
- Media in Russia (section: Violence against journalists)
Web links
- "Russia: RFE / RL Correspondent Killed In Moscow" , RFE / RL , September 22, 2000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ RFE / RL journalist Iskandar Khatloni (1954–2000) ( Memento from November 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chatlonij, Iskandar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khatloni, Iskandar (English) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tajik radio journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1954 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 2000 |
| Place of death | Moscow |