This story is about resistance to common evil, about the fact that freedom has no borders, and the values of human rights are universal. That human… - Oleksandra Matviichuk
" "This story is about resistance to common evil, about the fact that freedom has no borders, and the values of human rights are universal. That human rights defenders build invisible horizontal connections in their societies to assert freedom and protect people in our part of the world, in which a monster is once again trying to rule. And who will lose sooner or later. And then peace will come. In no way should this award sound like an old narrative about fraternal nations. This story is about something else. This story is about the motto that I heard from my teacher, dissident and philosopher Yevhen Sverstyuk – “For our freedom and yours”
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About Oleksandra Matviichuk
Oleksandra Vyacheslavivna Matviichuk (Ukrainian: Олександра В’ячеславівна Матвійчук) (born 8 October 1983) is a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and civil society leader based in Kyiv. She heads the non-profit organization Centre for Civil Liberties, which was the recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, and is an active campaigner for democratic reforms in her country and the OSCE region.
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Native Name:
Олександра В'ячеславівна Матвійчук
Alternative Names:
Александра Вячеславовна Матвийчук
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Oleksandra Vyacheslavivna Matviychuk
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Олександра В’ячеславівна Матвійчук
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Everything the UN stands for is at stake in Ukraine. If Putin is allowed to succeed, a new world will be born, in which larger states will once again be able to invade their neighbors with impunity. A brief period in human history, when the settled sovereign will of the people served as the basis for government, will end. Neo-imperial revisionist powers will create “spheres of influence” using economic pressure, political capture, disinformation, and military coercion to turn smaller neighbors into vassals. A world that is more open, connected, and safer will give way to one that is more closed, fragmented, and violent.
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