Adam Michnik
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Adam Michnik "is a well-known dissident, historian, and the founder and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. During the 80s, he was advisor to the trade union Solidarnosc. He has published widely in a range of international newspapers and has written a number of books including Letters from Prison (1985), La Deuxieme Revolution (1990) and Letters from Freedom (1998). In 2001, he was awarded the Erasmus prize." [1]
- Member, International Committee for Democracy in Cuba
- Advisory Board, Project on Justice in Times of Transition
- Advisory Board, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter [1]
- Winner of the 1986 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
- International Advisory Board, Journal of Democracy [2]
- Jury Member, International Film Festival on Human Rights [3]
