Galina Arapova Explained

Galina Arapova
Native Name:Галина Арапова
Birth Date:16 June 1972
Birth Place:Voronezh, Russia
Citizenship:Russian
Education:Voronezh State University
Occupation:Jurist, media lawyer, human rights defender
Awards:IBA Human Rights Award 2016

Galina Arapova (; born 16 June 1972) is a Russian jurist, director and senior media lawyer of the Mass Media Defence Centre in Voronezh. She is an expert on Russian media law.

Education

Galina Arapova studied law at Voronezh State University.[1] She has a law degree and post-graduate degree in world economy and international relations, graduated from Institute of European Law (Birmingham, UK).[2]

Career

In 1995 she went to work at Glasnost Defense Foundation. Since that she's been working in the field of freedom of expression and freedom of information.

Since 1996 she is the director and senior media lawyer of the non-profit organization Mass Media Defence Centre in Voronezh, one of the oldest Russian specialized NGOs.[3] [4] [5] In 2015 the organization become a "foreign agent".[6] [7]

Galina Arapova is a member of EHRAC's International Steering Committee.[8]

She is a member of the International Media Lawyers Association and of the Voronezh City Public Chamber.[9]

Galina Arapova is a Russian national expert on the admissibility of the Council of Europe’s HELP programme (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals).[10]

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Freedom of speech is about self-respect." Why Galina Arapova has been defending the rights of journalists in Russia for a quarter of a century now. 2021-10-13. en-GB.
  2. Web site: Galina Arapova Wilson Center. 2021-08-17. www.wilsoncenter.org. en.
  3. Web site: Shabelnikov. Dmitry. Baigarova. Polina. Galina Arapova: "You get the uncomfortable feeling of trying to break a wall with your head…" – Legal Dialogue. 2021-10-13. en-US.
  4. Web site: Galina Arapova. 2021-03-04. Global Freedom of Expression. en.
  5. Web site: Freedom. European Centre for Press and Media. Galina Arapova. 2021-03-04. European Centre for Press and Media Freedom.
  6. Web site: 26 February 2015. Another media support NGO to be listed as "foreign agent"? Reporters without borders. 2021-03-04. RSF. en.
  7. Web site: Continued intimidation of media NGOs in Russia further endangers free media situation, Mijatović says. 2021-03-04. osce.org. en.
  8. Web site: European Human Rights Advocacy Centre – Now we can only talk about the weather, cats and pie recipes: New censorship laws in Russia. 2021-03-04. European Human Rights Advocacy Centre. en.
  9. Web site: Galina Arapova: Defending Media Rights in Russia Today. 2021-08-17. Pushkin House. en-GB.
  10. Web site: SPEAKERS – Press Freedom Conference 2020. 2021-10-15. sk-SK. 12 July 2019. https://archive.today/20190712094348/https://pressfreedomconference.com/index.php/causes/. dead.
  11. Web site: Work with Students 2018 – EU-Russia Civil Society Forum . 2021-04-30 . en-US.
  12. Web site: Galina Arapova on how the Mass Media Defence Centre became a "foreign agent" and the state of the media in contemporary Russia – Rights in Russia. 2021-04-30. www.rightsinrussia.info.
  13. Web site: IBA – Russian media lawyer Galina Arapova receives IBA Human Rights Award 2016. 2021-03-04. www.ibanet.org. en-gb. 18 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170718174412/https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=1edffa40-5049-4ebb-8492-d543a6575b55. dead.
  14. Web site: IBA – Galina Arapova, Director and senior media lawyer of the Mass Media Defence Centre. 2021-03-04. www.ibanet.org. en. 23 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123034156/http://www.ibanet.org/Conferences/185781835.aspx. dead.

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