Václav Havel Prize

Oct 13 2022 The Washington Post

Vladimir Kara-Murza’s acceptance speech for the Václav Havel Prize for his defense of human rights in his home country of Russia.

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Václav Havel: “if the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then … the fundamental threat to it is living the truth — this is why it must be suppressed more severely than anything else.”