Award-winning journalist Elena Milashina’s fingers broken, beaten, head forcibly shaved, and threatened with gun against head by a masked group in Chechnya.

Journalist Elena Milashina was forced to flee the country after repeated threats from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

The Chechen Supreme Court upheld the verdict of Malika Dzhikayeva, sentencing her to three years in prison. Blogger Malika Dzhikayeva was arrested by law enforcement agencies on charges of drug possession. The blogger maintains that the drugs were planted on her in order to frame her. Malika came into prominence when her provocative videos posted on social media created public outrage among some segments of society. It is widely believed that this is an attempt to silence the blogger because of the nature of her content.

Russian investigative journalist Elena Milashina was subjected to physical assault by an angry mob in a hotel in Grozny on February 6. She was in the Chechen capital with human rights lawyer Marina Dubrovina to follow the trail of a jailed blogger. Even following the assault Elena has not been safe since, as she continues to get death threats via the internet.