Zarema Sadulayeva

Zarema Sadulayeva (Russian: Зарема Садулаева) (1974 – 10 August 2009) was a Russian children's activist and head of the aid organization, Let's Save the Generation, based in Chechnya.^[1] She and her husband, Alek Dzhabrailov (11 August 1976 – 10 August 2009),^[2] were found murdered in August 2009.^[1]

Biography

Zarema Sadulayeva was head of the Let's Save the Generation charity of Chechnya.^[1] Her charity works with Unicef to aid Chechen children affected by the violence which has swept the Caucasus region since the 1990s.^[1] The charity provides psychological counseling and physical aid to orphans, disabled children and others affected by the wars against Chechen separatists.^[3]

Sadulayeva and Dzhabrailov, who was also active in the charity, married in 2009.^[1] Neither were described as politically active.^[4]

Sadulayeva and Dzhabrailov were kidnapped at the aid organization's office by gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms on 9 August 2009.^[1][3] They were both found shot to death in the trunk of Dzhabrailov's car on 10 August 2009, in Chernorechye, a suburb of Grozny.^[1]

Zarema Sadulayeva's death follows the similar kidnapping and murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova in Chechnya in July 2009.^[1]

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