Agora (organization)

Interregional Association of Human Rights Organizations "Agora"
Founded28 April 2005 (2005-04-28)
FounderPavel Chikov
TypeNon-profit
FocusHuman rights
Location
OriginsKazan Human Rights Center, Chita Human Rights Center, Chuvashia Human Rights Organization "Shield and Sword"
Area served
Russia
ServicesLegal advocacy
Key people
Pavel Chikov, Irina Khrunova, Ramil Akhmetgaliev
Employees
About 30 lawyers
Websiteopeninform.ru

Agora (in full, Inter-regional Association of Human Rights Organizations "Agora", Russian Межрегиональная Ассоциация правозащитных организаций "АГОРА") is a Russian human rights group based in Kazan, Tatarstan. It provides legal advocacy for victims of suspected human rights abuses by government officials such as police, military and prison officers, with a particular focus on journalists, political activists, bloggers and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The organization was awarded the Rafto Prize for its work on 25 September 2014.[1]

  1. ^ "The 2014 Rafto Prize to the Russian human rights organisation Agora by chair Pavel Chikov". Rafto.no. 25 September 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2014.