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Lidia Jusupova
Raftoprisen for 2005 ble tildelt den tsjetsjenske advokaten og menneskerettighetsforkjemperen Lidija Jusupova (1961) for hennes modige arbeid for å dokumentere brudd på menneskerettighetene og opptre som talsperson for de glemte krigsofrene i Tsjetsjenia.
«Motstanderne våre prøver å skremme oss, å plante frykt i oss og få den til å vokse og ta over livene våre. Alle vi som arbeider for menneskerettigheter, er redde, men det er bedre å leve et hederlig liv i én dag enn å leve et helt liv i vanære.»
Jusupova representerte den russiske menneskerettighetsorganisasjonen Memorial i Groznyj mellom 2000 og 2005, og hun har vært aktiv med å bringe saker om brudd på menneskerettigheter for retten i tsjetsjenske domstoler. Memorial er en av svært få slike organisasjoner som fortsatt opererer i Tsjetsjenia.
Hendelsene som Jusupova og hennes medarbeidere i Memorial har dokumentert, er alvorlige brudd på internasjonale menneskerettigheter og humanitær lov: utenrettslige drap, «bortføringer» av sivile, ulovlige arrestasjoner og tortur.
Lidija Jusupova samler vitneforklaringer fra ofre for brudd på menneskerettighetene og prosederer sakene deres mot ordensmakten og militære organer. I den grad det er mulig, yter hun rettshjelp til ofrene. Jusupova holder også resten av verden orientert om brudd på menneskerettigheter begått av både russiske militærstyrker og tsjetsjenske opprørere.
Hun fortsetter å kjempe for menneskeverd i en kaotisk krigssituasjon og i omgivelser der arbeidsforholdene og sikkerheten til menneskerettighetsforkjempere og journalister i stadig økende grad forverres.
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