RSAC a la déplaisir de vous annoncer l'hommage fait à la journaliste russe Anna Politkovskaya le 16 octobre 2006. 

Memorial Gathering for Anna Politkovskaya at the International Center
for Tolerance Education (New York, October 16)

Please join us to honor the memory of Anna Politkovskaya, the
Moscow-based observer for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta who was slain on
October 7.

Anna was a passionate and dedicated journalist and writer,
who wrote about Chechnya like no one else did. She was the mother of
two children, she was a dear friend, and she was someone who many of
us heard speak or met in the U.S. or in Moscow. She was widely admired
throughout Russia and the world for her courage and passion and will
be missed sorely by her family, colleagues, and readers, and by the
victims of war and injustice she wrote about.
 
The ninth day is a special day of commemoration in Russia; according
to Russian peasant tradition, the soul leaves the body and is guided
by angels to its next destination.

Anna's colleagues at Novaya Gazeta have called on the Russian public to mark this day, October 16, in her
honor. The gathering will take place at the Third Millennium
Foundation's International Center for Tolerance Education, which is
currently holding a photo exhibition on Chechnya (see
http://www.chechnyaadvocacy.org/icteexhibition.html).

We will share
memories, collect condolence wishes, and give guests a moment to speak
out about this terrible loss. We will show brief excerpts from a
documentary film and read passages from Anna Politkovskaya's works. 
If you have something you would like to share (photos, texts, candles,
flowers, etc.) please bring it to create a temporary small memorial in
her honor.
 
We would also like to take this opportunity to discuss options for
commemorating Anna Politkovskaya's legacy more publicly and
permanently, for example by establishing a scholarship, lecture fund,
award or other type of memorial in her name in the United States. If
you or your organization are interested in contributing to such an
effort, please write to almut@chechnyaadvocacy.org or mipohl@vassar.edu.
 
Date: October 16, 2007
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: International Center for Tolerance Education (ICTE), 25
Washington Street 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY
Directions: F train to York Street, A/C to High Street, 2/3 to Clark
Street (1st stop in Brooklyn). Click here for a map.
 
This event is open to the public. Please RSVP until Friday, October
13, to can@chechnyaadvocacy.org