Media Mentions of 2021 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy
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Los Angeles Times article on the 2021 Geneva Summit and Moral Courage Award recipient and jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: “Ahead of G-7 and U.N. talks, political dissidents and human rights activists press the plight of victims”
Newsweek article on 2021 Moral Courage Award recipient and jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s continued political fight to defeat Putin in upcoming elections: “Alexei Navalny Team Fixes Sights on Russia Election Showdown With Vladimir Putin”
Slate interview with Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff, Leonid Volkov, on the state of Russia’s opposition movement: “Where Can the Russian Opposition Go Now?”
Public Radio International/NPR interview with Leonid Volkov on on Alexei Navalny’s health status and the future of the political opposition movement in Russia: “‘Fighting corruption in Russia is now being called extremism,’ says Alexei Navalny’s top strategist”
Associated Press article on Daria Navalnaya accepting the 2021 Moral Courage Award on behalf of her father, jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: “Navalny daughter accepts human rights award on his behalf”
Ricochet – Q&A with Jay Nordinger podcast interview of Syrian journalist Waad al-Kateab, Telling the Syrian Story.
The Art Newspaper feature of Cuba political performance artist Tania Bruguera, barred from joining the Geneva Summit because the government cut off her internet: “Ahead of G7, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera addressed the Geneva Summit on Human Rights and Democracy”
Reuters article on Daria Navalnaya accepting the 2021 Moral Courage Award on behalf of her father, jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: “Navalny’s daughter says Kremlin can’t silence its critics”
Agence France Presse article on Daria Navalnaya accepting the 2021 Moral Courage Award on behalf of her father, jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and dedicating it to political prisoners: “Navalny Dedicates Award to All Political Prisoners in Russia, Belarus”
France’s Le Temps interview with activist Nathan Law on his fight for democracy in Hong Kong and Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s unique freedoms, in original French: “Nathan law: ‘Hong Kong’s autonomy is over'”
France’s La Libre interview with North Korean labor camp survivor and escapee Jihyun Park, in original French: “Her slave status, her stay in the camps and her flight from the country: a North Korean dissident testifies”
Germany’s Deutsche Welle article on Daria Navalnaya accepting the 2021 Moral Courage Award on behalf of her father, jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and dedicating it to political prisoners: “Russia: Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny dedicates human rights award to political prisoners”
Canada’s CBC News interview with Leonid Volkov on Navalny’s imprisonment and fighting back against the corruption of Russia’s oligarchs: Full video
Italy’s ANSA Mondo article on Daria Navalnaya accepting the 2021 Moral Courage Award on behalf of her father, jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in original Italian: “Daria Navalnaya, ‘proud of dad, support those who struggle'”
Italy’s L’Espresso profile on twice-poisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, in original Italian: “The poison doesn’t stop me, I’m staying in Moscow.”
Denmark’s Berlingske article on Daria Navalnaya accepting the 2021 Moral Courage Award on behalf of her father, jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in original Danish: “She is 20 years old, well-formulated and looks like a Tsarina—Putin just got a new problem on her neck”
Russia’s TV Rain Russian translation of Daria Navalnaya’s acceptance speech of the 2021 Moral Courage Award on behalf of her father, jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: “‘We must remember those who fight for our freedom’: speech of Navalny’s daughter at the presentation of the Courage Prize in Geneva”
Russia’s The Insider article on Daria Navalnaya accepting the 2021 Moral Courage Award on behalf of her father, jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in original Russian: “Navalny’s daughter received the Geneva Courage Award for him. Oppositionist dedicated the award to political prisoners in Russia and Belarus”
Switzerland’s 24 Heures interview with democracy activist Nathan Law on the fight for democracy in Hong Kong, in original French: “Nathan Law: ‘One day, the repression will no longer be bearable”
Geneva’s Tribune de Gèneve interview with Pakistani rights activist and recipient of the 2021 International Women’s Rights Award Gulalai Ismail, in original French: “Women’s Rights – ‘With the Taliban, honor killings will increase‘”