Monitoring of current events in Russia: activities of the democratic part of Russian society - end of 2024

December 22, 2024 | Current Russia

This news summary has been written on the basis of information from Memorial, OVD Info and other independent organisations. It is available in Czech.

Dne 5. prosince se dobrovolníci Memorialu působící v Moskvě sešli na Puškinově náměstí, aby si připomněli výročí demonstrace na podporu zatčených spisovatelů Andreje Sinjavského a Julije Daniela, která se uskutečnila právě na tomto místě ve stejný den roku 1965.** Byla to první masová protestní demonstrace v SSSR po smrti Stalina, a ten den je proto považován za „oficiální” počátek vzniku sovětského disidentského hnutí.
Vedle připomínky výročí této demonstrace měli dobrovolníci Memorialu další důvody k setkání. 5. prosince se totiž slaví Mezinárodní den dobrovolníků a ve stejný den v roce 2011 v Moskvě vznikla organizace OVD Info. Ta se za uplynulých 13 let stala jednou z nejznámějších ruských lidskoprávních organizací a úzce spolupracuje s Memorialem zejména v otázce pomoci politickým vězňům a jejich rodinám.

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