Russian human rights activist dies at 91

By By Jim Heintz and Matthew Bodner
Updated December 9 2018 - 7:56am, first published 7:53am
The Moscow Helsinki Group Chair and human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva has died.
The Moscow Helsinki Group Chair and human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva has died.

Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a human rights pioneer and dissident who challenged the Soviet and Russian regimes for decades, demanding that they free political prisoners and establish democratic rights has died in a Moscow hospital. She was 91.

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