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Galina Arapova
Галина Арапова
Born (1972-06-16) 16 June 1972 (age 54)
Voronezh, Russia
CitizenshipRussian
EducationVoronezh State University
OccupationsJurist, media lawyer, human rights defender
AwardsIBA Human Rights Award 2016

Galina Arapova (Russian: Галина Юрьевна Арапова; born 16 June 1972) is a Russian jurist, director and senior media lawyer of the Mass Media Defence Centre in Voronezh. She is an expert on Russian media law.

Education

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Galina Arapova studied law at Voronezh State University.[1] She has a law degree and post-graduate degree in world economy and international relations, graduated from Institute of European Law (Birmingham, UK).[2]

Career

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In 1995 she went to work at Glasnost Defense Foundation.[1] Since then, she's been working in the field of freedom of expression and freedom of information.

Since 1996 she is the director and senior media lawyer of the non-profit organization Mass Media Defence Centre in Voronezh, one of the oldest Russian specialized NGOs.[3][4][5] In 2015 the organization became a "foreign agent".[6][7]

Galina Arapova is a member of EHRAC's International Steering Committee.[8]

She is a member of the International Media Lawyers Association and of the Voronezh City Public Chamber.[9]

Galina Arapova is a Russian national expert on the admissibility of the Council of Europe’s HELP programme (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals).[10]

Awards

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  • Special FOE protection award from Russian Union of Journalists in 2011.[11]
  • Anna Politkovskaya prize "Camerton" in 2015.[11]
  • Moscow Helsinki Group award for human rights in 2015.[12]
  • IBA Human Rights Award in 2016.[13][14]

References

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  1. 1 2 ""Freedom of speech is about self-respect." Why Galina Arapova has been defending the rights of journalists in Russia for a quarter of a century now". 27 July 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Galina Arapova". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Shabelnikov, Dmitry; Baigarova, Polina. "Galina Arapova: "You get the uncomfortable feeling of trying to break a wall with your head…" – Legal Dialogue". Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Galina Arapova". Global Freedom of Expression. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Freedom, European Centre for Press and Media. "Galina Arapova". European Centre for Press and Media Freedom. Retrieved 4 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
  6. ↑ "Another media support NGO to be listed as "foreign agent"? | Reporters without borders". RSF. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Continued intimidation of media NGOs in Russia further endangers free media situation, Mijatović says". osce.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "European Human Rights Advocacy Centre – Now we can only talk about the weather, cats and pie recipes: New censorship laws in Russia". European Human Rights Advocacy Centre. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Galina Arapova: Defending Media Rights in Russia Today". Pushkin House. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "SPEAKERS – Press Freedom Conference 2020" (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. 1 2 "Work with Students 2018 – EU-Russia Civil Society Forum". Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Galina Arapova on how the Mass Media Defence Centre became a "foreign agent" and the state of the media in contemporary Russia – Rights in Russia". www.rightsinrussia.info. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "IBA – Russian media lawyer Galina Arapova receives IBA Human Rights Award 2016". www.ibanet.org. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "IBA – Galina Arapova, Director and senior media lawyer of the Mass Media Defence Centre". www.ibanet.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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