Andrei Sakharov and Human Rights Author:Council of Europe Andrei Sakharov, Nobel Peace Prize winner and physicist, was a leading human rights activist in the Soviet Union, and one of the world's great thinkers. His principled messages contributed to the non-violent, revolutionary changes of 1989, and continue to influence work in favour of justice and human rights today. This book, containing selected ... more »human rights texts, is published as part of a series of initiatives highlighting how acutely relevant his ideas remain in our time.« less