Jan Raczynski, Memorial, Russia

Jan Raczynski, Memorial, Russia

The International Memorial Society, known as Memorial, was set up in 1989 by dissidents — including renowned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov — during the final years of the Soviet Union. The group began documenting Soviet-era crimes such as Joseph...
Oleksandra Matvichuk, Center for Civil Liberties, Ukraine

Oleksandra Matvichuk, Center for Civil Liberties, Ukraine

Ukrainian human rights attorney Oleksandra Matviichuk heads the non-profit organization Center for Civil Liberties. Founded in 2007, the purpose of the organization was to pressure Ukraine’s government to make the country more democratic. Since the 2014 Russian...