Myroslava Gongadze

BIO:

Journalist, human rights activist and public figure. In 2000, her husband, opposition journalist, and founder of ‘Ukrainska Pravda’ (an independent online media), Georgiy Gongadze, was abducted and murdered after long surveillance by the policemen led by General Anatoliy Pukach. Despite a lengthy investigation, evidences, and testimony of the performers of the crime, only direct performers were punished, but those who ordered the murder are still not named or punished. Myroslava now manages the Ukrainian edition of the ‘Voice of America’ in Washington D. C., actively works with international media to analyse and cover events in Ukraine at the international level. She also won a lawsuit in the case of Georgiy Gongadze’s murder at the European Court of Human Rights.

Source: https://independent30.ui.org.ua/myroslavagongadze_en