Svetlana Gannushkina
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Svetlana Gannushkina is human rights
activist in Russia
, who was reported to have been a contender for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
.
According to Amnesty International
, she is a member of the Council for the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights under the President of Russia. She is also a member of the council of Memorial
, a society dedicated to remembrance of victims of Soviet repressions.
In 2006, she was awarded the Homo Homini Award
for human rights activism by the Czech group People in Need
.
Human rights in Russia
The rights and liberties of the citizens of the Russian Federation are granted by Chapter 2 of the Constitution adopted in 1993.Russia is the signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and has also ratified a number of other international human rights instruments, including the...
activist in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, who was reported to have been a contender for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
.
According to Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, she is a member of the Council for the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights under the President of Russia. She is also a member of the council of Memorial
Memorial (society)
Memorial is an international historical and civil rights society that operates in a number of post-Soviet states. It focuses on recording and publicising the Soviet Union's totalitarian past, but also monitors human rights in post-Soviet states....
, a society dedicated to remembrance of victims of Soviet repressions.
In 2006, she was awarded the Homo Homini Award
Homo Homini Award
The Homo Homini Award is given annually by the Czech human rights organization People in Need to "an individual in recognition of a dedication to the promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions to political conflicts"...
for human rights activism by the Czech group People in Need
People In Need (Czech Republic)
People in Need is a Czech nonprofit, non-governmental organization that implements humanitarian relief and long term development projects in crisis regions all over the world, while working to defend human rights and democratic freedom....
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