Russian human rights activist and Soviet dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva has died at the age of 91. Alexeyeva co-founded the human rights organization Moscow Helsinki Group and was a typist for an underground publication chronicling human rights abuses by the Soviet government. She was exiled for her work and lived in the U.S. before returning to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. More recently, she spoke out against Russian President Vladimir Putin, condemning the 2014 annexation of Crimea and Putin’s crackdown on human rights and political opponents. She continued to participate in street protests into her eighties and was arrested in 2010.
Pioneering Russian Human Rights Activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva Dies at 91
HeadlineDec 11, 2018
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