Photos: Moscow protesters commemorate slain reporter and human rights lawyer Feb. 15: “Your silence justifies murder”

Sun Feb 15, 8:56 AM ET

An opposition demostrator, with a mask reading: “Off”, takes part in a rally to commemorate prominent Russian lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in central Moscow February 15, 2009. Markelov, a lawyer who had fought against the early release of an army colonel convicted of murdering a Chechen girl, and Baburova were shot dead on a Moscow street last month. The poster in the background reads: “Your silence justifies murder”.REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA)

 

Sun Feb 15, 9:02 AM ET

Opposition demostrators march during a rally to commemorate prominent Russian lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in central Moscow February 15, 2009. Markelov, who fought against the early release of an army colonel convicted of murdering a Chechen girl, and Baburova were shot dead on a Moscow street last month. The poster in the background reads: “No to political murder”.REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA)

 

Sun Feb 15, 8:57 AM ET

Opposition demostrators hold portraits of prominent Russian lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova during a demonstration in central Moscow February 15, 2009. Markelov, who fought against the early release of an army colonel convicted of murdering a Chechen girl, and Baburova were shot dead on a Moscow street last month. The poster in the background reads: “Your silence justifies murder”.REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA)

 

Sun Feb 15, 9:50 AM ET

A woman holds a portrait of slain journalist Anastasia Baburova during a rally at Pushkinskaya Square in central Moscow, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in Moscow to pay their respects to the victims of the recent contract-style slaying and to demand to stop what they call political killings.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)