Alexander Lavat died

Dissa and human rights activist Alexander Lavat died on Sunday, Alexander Cherkasov, head of the Memorial Human Rights Human Rights Human Rights Center, told the Frances.

A graduate of the Mehmat Moscow State University, Lavat is known as the author and editor of Samizdat. Since 1968, he took part in the issues of the Chronicles of current events, in 1974-1980. He was one of its main authors, in some cases led the release.

Helped Crimean Tatars. In 1969, simultaneously with his friend and colleague Sergei Kovalev, he became part of the initiative group to protect human rights in the USSR.

In 1980, he was sentenced to three years of camp under Article 190-1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. In the statement of Elena Bonner, Andrei Sakharov and other members of the Moscow Helsinki group, it was said: “His contribution to the collection and dissemination of truthful information about the struggle for human rights and violations of these rights in our country cannot be overestimated. Alexander Pavlovich was not looking for either glory or honors, he“ only ”had the courage to defend his civilian position to evil and violence, which he considered only possible.

In the conclusion, Lavut was again convicted, 1983-1986 he spent in exile.

Alexander Lavut was a member of the Council of the Human Rights Center "Memorial".