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Fearless human rights champion: German city of Hamburg names square after Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya who was murdered 18 years ago in Moscow

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Fearless human rights champion: German city of Hamburg names square after Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya who was murdered 18 years ago in Moscow

EuropeEnglish · 2 months ago

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Hamburg names square after Russian journalist Politkovskaya – DW – 10/10/2024

Journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya was murdered 18 years ago in her Moscow apartment. The German city of Hamburg has now honored Politkovskaya by naming a square after her.

A square in the northern German city of Hamburg has been officially inaugurated to commemorate Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered 18 years ago this week.

Located in the district of Eimsbüttel, the square was officially renamed in the presence of friends and relatives of Politkovskaya.

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“This place will remind us that there are people like my mother who are not afraid to swim against the tide and fight for the truth,” Politkovskaya’s son, Ilya Politkovsky, said at the unveiling in Hamburg.

The square named after his mother is “a symbol that freedom, truth and justice remain fundamental values,” he said.

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I listened to her story in a podcast. This was a very brave woman.

Well done Hamburg.

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