Masked assailants attack journalist and lawyer in Russia’s Chechnya province

Journalist Elena Milashina after having medical treatment in Grozny (Novaya Gazeta Europe/Novayagazeta.eu/AP)

Unidentified masked assailants in the Russian province of Chechnya attacked and beat a journalist and a lawyer.

It was an assault that highlights a violent pattern of rampant human rights abuses in the region.