22:53, 27 October 2006

Anna Politkovskaya's memorial party will be held in Brussels

Saturday evening, on October 28, Brussels will host a memorial party of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya, organized by international journalistic and human rights organizations "Chechen Group," "Reporters without Borders," Human Rights Watch, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Enjeux Internationaux, Prague Watchdog, "Memorial," etc.

Anna Politkovskaya's books and articles will be read at the meeting.

The following figures have been invited to the event: Jean-Jacque Jesper, a journalist; Thomas Guntzig, a writer; Van Raendonk, Honourable President of Human Rights League; Ben Hamidus, an actor; Yurek Cukcievic, Editor of the Globe rubric in the Le Soir Brussels newspaper; Andrei Babitskiy, a journalist; Jean-Francois Butord, publisher of Politkovskaya's three books in the French language, etc.

We remind you that journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot dead on October 7 in Moscow, was known, first of all, for her materials on Chechnya and North Caucasus.