Zoya Svetova | |
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Зоя Светова | |
Born | 17 March 1959 Moscow (Soviet Union) |
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Occupation | Human rights defender, journalist |
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Spouse(s) | Viktor Dzyadko |
Children | Filipp Dzyadko, Timofey Dzyadko, Tikhon Dzyadko, Anna Dzyadko |
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Zoya Feliksovna Svetova (Russian: Зоя Феликсовна Светова; born March 17, 1959) is a Russian journalist and human rights defender, producer, author of the documentary novel Innocent Found Guilty (Russian: Признать невиновного виновным).[1][2][3][4]
In 1982 she graduated from the Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.
In 2000–2002, she was an expert at the Soros Foundation on programmes related to the development of law, the judiciary and the topic of human rights in Russia.[5][6]
In 2008–2016, she worked at the Public Monitoring Commission[7] In 2016, she was nominated to the Mordovian PMC, but was not included in its composition.[8]
(PMC) of Moscow.She published articles in the newspapers Kommersant, Russian Telegraph, Obshchaya Gazeta , Novaya Gazeta, Moskovskiye Novosti, Ogoniok, Itogi, Yezhenedelny Zhurnal , as well as in French-language publications: Ouest-France, France Soir, La Dépêche du Midi, Le quotidien (Luxembourg).[9]
In September 2014, she signed a statement from the December 12 Round Table demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.[13] In November 2019, she signed a collective appeal in support of Gasan Gusejnov .[14]
In September 2020, she signed a letter in support of protest actions in Belarus.[15]