Reviving the Helsinki Spirit

 The Andrei Sakharov Research Center for Democratic Development at the Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, held Tenth International Sakharov Conference. The title of the conference, “Celebrating Sakharov 1921-​2021 – Are Peace, Progress and Human Rights Indivisible?” referred to Sakharov’s Nobel lecture. Among the speakers are the granddaughter of Sakharov – Marina Sakharov-​Liberman and his step-​daughter Tatiana Yankelevich; the Chairman of the Board of the Sakharov Center in Moscow Vyacheslav Bakhmin; the former Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks; and the well-​known scholars Mike Morgan (USA) and Timothy Garton Ash (UK).

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