Human Rights Defender | Memory of Nations

Obhájce lidských práv

Anaise Kanimba, Praha 2025

Anaïse Kanimba

* 1992

Human Rights Defender, Rwanda, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

Rwandan genocide

Andrei Karelin detained by the police during a demonstration in 2020

Andrei Karelin Андрей Карелин

* 2002

Human Rights Defender, Russia, Dissident, Emigrant, Emigrants from Russia

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Hisham Kassem, Prague, 2024

Hisham Kassem هشام قاسم

* 1959

Egypt, Political prisoner, Human Rights Defender, Journalist

Valery Kavaleuski, 2024

Valery Kavaleŭski Валерый Кавалеўскі

* 1976

Belarus, Diplomat, Politician, Human Rights Defender

František Klišík in 2023

František Klišík

* 1963 †︎ 2025

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 2 more anniversaries

Ilja Kuneš in 2023

Ilja Kuneš

* 1956

Human Rights Defender, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 6 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Luong Thi Ho Quy (Lương Thị Hồ Quỳ) 2025

Luong Thi Ho Quy (Lương Thị Hồ Quỳ)

* 1952

Vietnam, Human Rights Defender, Refugee

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War

Jiří Machourek in 2020

JUDr. Jiří Machourek

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Human Rights Defender, Lawyer, Boy Scouts

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Anar Mammadli, Prague, 2023

Anar Mammadli (Məmmədli)

* 1978

Azerbaijan, Human Rights Defender, Political prisoner

Jana Marco in 1985

Jana Marco

* 1966

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Relatives of important personalities and 3 more categories

Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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