Lida Yusupova
Lidija Muchtarowna Jussupowa (often Lida Jusupowa ; Russian Лидия Мухтаровна Юсупова ; English Lidia Yusupova ; born September 19, 1961 , Grozny , USSR ) is a Russian lawyer and human rights activist . She has received several international awards for her work in Chechnya .
Life
She is the daughter of a Chechen father and a Russian mother. She first studied literature, then law at the Chechen State University in Grozny. Lidija Yusupova became a lecturer at the Faculty of Law and a member of the Chechen Republic Bar College.
Since the second Chechnya war in 2000, she has become increasingly involved in helping the victims. She became chair of the human rights organization Memorial in Chechnya. She often advised and represented victims free of charge and spoke in public about the crimes committed.
Today she is the coordinator of the Memorial Legal Advice Center in Moscow.
Awards
- 2004 Martin Ennals Award
- 2005 Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize
- 2006 nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize
Web links
- Лидия Юсупова in Kawkaski Usel (Russian)
- "Critical Voices from Moscow" , Le Monde diplomatique , May 12, 2006 (German)
- Lida Yusupova. Photos on Getty Images
Individual evidence
- ^ Amnesty International: Martin Ennals Prize 2004 ( Memento of October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Winner of the Rafto Prize , on the Rafto Foundation website, accessed on April 22, 2018.
- ^ Fatal calling ( Memento of October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Amnesty Journal , December 2006.
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| SURNAME | Yusupova, Lida |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yusupova, Lidija Muchtarovna; Yusupova, Lidia (English); Юсупова, Лидия Мухтаровна (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian lawyer and human rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grozny , USSR |