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Václav Havel Human Rights Prize for 2015 awarded to Ludmilla Alexeeva

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This year's Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, honouring outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights, has been awarded to veteran Russian human rights defender during the ceremony in Strasbourg.

After Ales Bialiatski,  winner of the very first Václav Havel Human Rights Prize in 2013, and Anar Mammadli, laureate for the year 2014, a prize for 2015 was awarded during a special ceremony today at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, on the opening day of the autumn plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), to Ludmilla Alexeeva, leading personality of Soviet dissident movement and a founding member of the Moscow Helsinky Group.

The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, consisting of a sum of 60.000 EUR, a trophy and a diploma, is awarded every year to individuals and non-governmental organisations that actively fight for human rights. This award, which is named after a former Czechoslovak and Czech president, is awarded by PACE together with Charta 77 Foundation and Václav Havel Library in Prague. Out of dozens of this year‘s nominations, the board shortlisted three candidates: Women for Afghan Women, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, and Ludmilla Alexeeva, final winner of the prize.

Ludmilla Alexeeva

Ludmilla Alexeeva