On the morning of July 4, Elena Milashina, a journalist with the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and Alexandre Nemov, a lawyer, were beaten on their way to a trial in Grozny, Chechnya. Images document the extreme violence of the attack. According to the Crew Against Torture, a Russian human rights organisation that is supporting the two victims, the attackers may be linked to authorities in the Chechen Republic.
In a video published by Ostorozhno Novosti, an independent Russian Telegram channel, a woman can be seen lying on a hospital bed, her face covered in a blue-green substance, both arms and hands bandaged.
