Anna Politkovskaya was an outstanding woman, devoted writer, and Human Rights activist. On October 7th 2006, a group of cowards assassinated her because they were afraid to face the truth. She was murdered because she exposed the crimes of the Russian government. Throughout the years Politkovskaya had been tracked down, followed, and investigated but that did not discourage her. Even after several failed assassination attempts, she kept going because she knew that she possessed a gift that was no match for the Russian government. She had the gift of writing, and wrote about the facts. Anna revealed the secrets that government tried kept hidden, and exposed their evil deeds. Even though her life was at stake she never gave up, she knew that it was her duty to keep the world informed. The world will never forget her. We salute Anna Politkovskaya.
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OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy 2003 Anna Politkovskaya Leading Russian Journalist and Burmese Pro-Democracy Campaigner to Receive International Award Anna Politkovskaya, Russia, and Min Ko Naing, Burma New York, NY – Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist whose dispatches from the war in Chechnya have led to death threats and poisoning, and Min Ko Naing, a Burmese pro-democracy advocate who endured fifteen years of imprisonment and torture, will receive the 2005 Civil Courage Prize on October 11. The Civil Courage Prize of $50,000 honors steadfast resistance to injustice at great personal risk. It has been awarded annually since 2000 by the Trustees of the Northcote Parkinson Fund. Anna Politkovskaya, special correspondent for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and author of three books, reports on the plight of Chechnya’s civilian population, which has been under military assault since 1994. She has put herself in danger by openly challenging the authorities. In February of 2000, the FSB (the former ... >>full
Anna Politkovskaya in conversation with Jonathan Steele
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Anna Politkovskaya in conversation with Jonathan Steele
Anna
Politkovskaya was in conversation with Jonathan Steele, Senior
Foreign Editor of the Guardian recently, to discuss her new book Putin’s
Russia, the first title to be supported by English PEN’s Writers
in Translation programme. The event took place at the Frontline Club (in collaboration with whom the event was
arranged), and saw a sell-out crowd eager to listen to the views of
one of Russia’s
leading journalists.
Steele
began by asking Politkovskaya what the reception of the book had been in Russia.
Politkovskaya explained that the book was not published in Russian, and
that the book’s subject matter [a critical appraisal of the Russia that has emerged under Putin's
leadership] meant that it was unlikely to ever find a publisher in Russia. In
fact, the English edition (published by Harvill), is currently the only edition
available in the world, although rights have now been sold into eight ...
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