Iskandar Khatloni
Iskandar Khatloni (
.Life
In the 1980s at the onset of glasnost in the Soviet Union Khatloni began worked as a BBC correspondent.[1] In 1996, he became a correspondent for the Tajik language division of the Prague-based Radio Free Europe. In addition to his journalistic work, Khatloni was a distinguished poet and published four volumes of verse.[2]
Before his death, Khatloni had been assigned to Moscow to report on human rights abuses in Chechnya.[2]
Murder
On the evening of 22 September 2000 Khatloni was attacked inside his Moscow apartment by an unknown, axe-wielding assailant. Khatloni was struck twice in the head and then stumbled onto the street and collapsed. He was later found by a passerby and taken to Moscow's Botkin Hospital, where he died that night of a serious head wound.[3]
Speculation surrounding Khatloni's murder has focused on his coverage of the war in Chechnya, a politically sensitive topic that brought great peril to Russian-based journalists covering the subject. Just the previous spring,
Khatloni was survived by his wife Kimmat and a daughter from a previous marriage. He was buried in his native Tajikistan.[2]
See also
References
- Radio Free Europe. 2000. Archived from the originalon 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ Radio Free Europe. 2000. Archived from the originalon 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ a b "Journalist Murdered In Moscow". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2000. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Journalist killed". International Press Institute. 2000. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
External links
- RFE/RL Correspondent Killed In Moscow (September 22, 2000)
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