Russia Is Still Trying to Cover Up Its Crimes During the Beslan School Siege

The arrests of protesters and repeated attacks on journalists underscore the truth of reports indicating the Russian government’s implication in deaths of hundreds, mostly children, during the siege.

by Anastasia Vladimirova

On September 1, 2004, Beslan, a town in North Ossetia, was forever shaken by a tragic and deadly attack. On that day, a group of Chechen rebels took approximately 1200 children, parents, and teachers hostage at a local school. The hostage-takers belonged to the Chechen separatist movement, and were trying to initiate talks with R…