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- male, deceased (1989)
- Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (May 21 1921 – December 14 1989) was an eminent Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist. Sa...
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- female, deceased (2006)
- Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist and human rights activist well known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and the...
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- male, deceased (1963)
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- male, 66 years old (United Kingdom)
- Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (b. December 30 1942) is a notable former Soviet political dissident, author and an activist. He was one of the...
- male
- Gao Zhisheng, age 41, is a Chinese army veteran, self taught lawyer and Christian whose law practice has been suspended by the Chinese authorities.
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