Some Endangered Journalists Want Weapons
ABC News, January 27, 2009
By Clarissa Ward
Human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and reporter Anastasia Baburova were shot dead last week. It was the center of Moscow. It was the middle of the day. And now the owner of a small Russian independent newspaper has asked authorities to allow his staff to carry guns for self-protection.
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