Human rights defender's story: Olga Karach from Belarus

Olga participated in our Human Rights Defender Programme in 2019. She is the recipient of several awards and recognitions: in 2007, the Belarusian group of Amnesty International declared her the Human Rights Defender of the Year; in 2010, Olga was awarded the Radebeul Courage Prize in Germany. In 2019, she received the International Bremen Peace Award.

Updates: on 10 December 2022, Olga received the Human Rights Award of the City of Weimar (Germany). On 22 February 2024, she was awarded the Alexander Langer Prize for Human Rights Defenders and Peacebuilders.

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