FILE/PROFILE: Russian human rights group Memorial is a contender for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

Record ID: 573738

  • Title: FILE/PROFILE: Russian human rights group Memorial is a contender for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
  • Date: 8th October 2010
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - AUGUST 15, 2007) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) DIRECTOR OF NGO CIVIC ASSISTANCE AND MEMBER OF BOARD OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION "MEMORIAL", SVETLANA GANNUSHKINA, LISTENING TO ETHNIC AFGHAN WHO HAS RUSSIAN CITIZENSHIP COMPLAINING ABOUT RACISM-RELATED PROBLEMS GANNUSHKINA LISTENING AND TALKING DOCUMENTS ON TABLE GANNUSHKINA MAKING NOTES MAN SHOWING DOCUMENTS TO GANNUSHKINA VARIOUS OF GANNUSHKINA TALKING TO REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (FILE - FEBRUARY 28, 2007) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) GANNUSHKINA, RECEIVING HOMO HOMINI AWARD GANNUSHKINA LEAVING THE STAGE/PEOPLE APPLAUDING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIA'S HEAD OF THE CIVIL ASSISTANCE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, SVETLANA GANNUSHKINA, SAYING: "It is a gift from our friends from the People in Need Organization, which was one of the first to help us in Chechnya. They taught us a lot. That's why this award means a lot for me. It is an act of solidarity, which is necessary for us, unfortunately, still necessary." MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - 2010) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF MEMORIAL OFFICE
  • Embargoed: 23rd October 2010 13:00
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  • Topics: International Relations,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAEX6SEC2UJBBRB9RK2MATUFC7P
  • Story Text: Russian human rights group Memorial and its founder Svetlana Gannushkina are among the contenders for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.
    Memorial is a community of many different organisations in the former Soviet Union which aims to reveals truths about the Soviet past and monitor current human rights in former Soviet states. It works through specialised research, human rights and education centres In 2007, Gannushkina received the Homo Homini award. It is given each year by the People In Need organisation, to the person who it believes deserves special recognition for their promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions.
    The organisers said Gannushkina had consistently defended basic human rights, and has been courageous in her work drawing attention to the rights of the civilian population in Chechnya.
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