Rights worker and husband found dead in Chechnya

An official of the Russian human rights group Memorial said a Chechen aid worker and her husband have been found dead, a day after they were kidnapped.

Memorial’s Alexander Cherkasov said the bodies of Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband were found near the Chechen capital Grozny.

He did not have immediate information on the cause of death. Ms Sadulayeva’s group works with helping children in the war-battered Russian republic.

The abductions followed last month’s kidnapping and killing of another prominent rights activist, Nataliya Estemirova.

Rights activists blame the forces of the Chechen president for abductions, killings and torture.