Minister for International Development Cooperation meets Russian human rights defenders
Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson today met a group of human rights activists who have taken part in a two-day conference in Stockholm. Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson today met a group of human rights activists who have taken part in a two-day conference in Stockholm. Discussions at the conference, organised by the NGO, Civil Rights Defenders, included the human rights situation in the northern Caucasus.
Oleg Orlov, Chair of Memorial, and Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson. Photo: André Mkandawire
Robert Hårdh, Head of Civil Rights Defenders, Achmet Gisajev, member of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Larisa Dorogova, lawyer and human rights activist in the Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Jekaterina Sokirianskaja, member of Memorial, Vanessa Kogan, Director of the organisation, the Russian Justice Initiative, and Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy, also took part in the meeting.
Memorial
The picture shows Oleg Orlov, Chair of Memorial, an organisation that promotes civil society, democracy, human rights and the rule of law in the countries of the former Soviet Union. This year, Memorial was awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov Award for freedom of thought.
