In Dagestan, monument to fallen journalists to be erected

In Makhachkala, in the territory of the Press House, a monument will be erected to honour memory of the Dagestani journalists, who perished while performing their civic duties. On May 5, the appropriate decree was signed by Dagestani President Magomedsalam Magomedov.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by the administration of the republic's leader that the monument would be erected "to honour memory of the Dagestani journalists, who perished while performing their civic and professional duties to fight extremism and terrorism."

The Dagestani government is in charge to ensure works on the construction of the monument.

The most recent resonant murder of a journalist in Dagestan was the murder of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the local newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), committed on December 15, 2011. The criminals shot in Khadjimurad Kamalov 14 times.

In 2010, the death toll was 11 journalists. 7 deceased persons were journalists from the Northern Caucasus, and 3 of them were from Dagestan.

See earlier reports: "The United States Department of State called for the Russian Federation to investigate the murder of founder of “Chernovik” newspaper Hajimurad Kamalov ", "First sitting of public inquiry commission into Khadjimurad Kamalov's murder held in Dagestan", "Dagestan sets up parliamentary-public commission to investigate the murder of Khadjimurad Kamalov".