Editor of Islamic magazine shot dead in Russia's Dagestan.

Text of report by Paris-based media freedom organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF, Reporters Without Borders) on 10 May

Reporters Without Borders is saddened to learn that Yakhya Magomedov, the young editor of the Avar-language version of a bi-monthly magazine that promotes a moderate vision of traditional Islam, was gunned down in northern Dagestan on 8 May.

"We offer our condolences to Magomedov's relatives and colleagues and we urge the authorities not to leave his death unpunished," Reporters Without Borders said. "This case must be solved and the murderers must be brought to justice. Conditions are tough for journalists in the Russian Caucasus. Many are …