Boris Altshuler: On the Brink – 105 Years Since the Birth of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov

Moscow, 21 May 2026 by Boris Altshuler [This text was originally published in Russian in Novaya gazeta - Kazakhstan] In connection with today's (21 May) 105th anniversary of the birth…

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Boris Altshuler: Children of Russia and the constitutional ‘right to a decent life and free human development’ (Article 7 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation)

3 December 2024 by Boris Altshuler, physicist and human rights activist, head of the nonprofit Right of the Child, member of the Russian Helsinki Group, senior research fellow of the…

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Boris Altshuler: Andrei Sakharov’s lessons for the present and future

12 June 2023 Speech at the roundtable 'Andrei Sakharov and the World Today', Andrei Sakharov Institute, Paris, 12 June 2023 [Edited by Boris Alshuler for publication] by Boris Altshuler, member…

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Boris Altshuler: Letter to Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the ICRC

1 June 2023 an open letter by Boris Altshuler To Mirjana Spoljaric Egger President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Dear ICRC President Mirjana Slovjaric! The Moscow…

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Boris Altshuler: Remembering human rights defender Andrei Babushkin (28 January 1964 – 14 May 2022)

14 March 2023 by Boris Altshuler, human rights defender, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новые известия] Andrei Babushkin, who passed away in May last…

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Elena Bonner and Andrei Sakharov in 1979. Photo: HRW

Boris Altshuler: On the centenary of Yelena Georgievna Bonner’s birth

15 February 2023 by Boris Altshuler, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group “Anyone who does not regret the breakup of the USSR has no heart,  and anyone who thinks we…

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Boris Altshuler: Speeches dedicated to Andrei Sakharov in the context of the current tragic situation

21 December 2022 by Boris Altshuler, physicist, human rights defender and member Moscow Helsinki Group. Poems by Larisa Miller On December 16, 2022, an event entitled, 'Sakharov. Courage of Thought,'…

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