Lidia Yusupova has spent the last decade documenting the murders, kidnappings, bombardments, and disappearances still rife in Chechnya today. As she shows us photographs of a destroyed Grozny, bombed-out school buildings, and her many colleagues who have disappeared or been murdered, the danger inherent in her job becomes vividly clear. Yusupova urges the international community to help her build a human rights center that can support the work of the activists in the region and provide for their safety.

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Lidia Yusupova is a Chechen lawyer and human rights activist hailed by the BBC as the bravest woman in Europe. After suffering the loss of several friends, family members, and acquaintances during the First Chechen War, Yusupova made it her life's work to document allegations of executions, disappearances, rape, and torture in Chechnya when war broke out again in 2000. Not only does she provide victims of human rights abuses with legal assistance, she also informs the international community of the violations committed by the authorities on both sides of the conflict. Yusupova was awarded the Rafto Prize in 2005 for her outstanding efforts to aid relatives of abductees and her brave fight for basic human rights.