Natalya Khusainovna Estemirova (Russian: ????´??? ?????´????? ??????´????; 28 February 1958 – 15 July 2009) was a Russian human rights activist and board member of the Russian human rights organization Memorial.
Estemirova was abducted by unknown persons on 15 July 2009 around 8:30 a.m.
from her home in Grozny, Chechnya, as she was working on "extremely sensitive" cases of human rights abuses in Chechnya.
Two witnesses reported they saw Estemirova being pushed into a car shouting that she was being abducted.
Her remains were found with bullet wounds in the head and chest area at 4:30 p.m.
in woodland 100 metres (330 ft) away from the federal road "Kavkaz" near the village of Gazi-Yurt, Ingushetia.