Panel Young - Aleksandra Skochilenko
The meeting was moderated by Tomáš Brolík, deputy editor-in-chief of Respekt magazine.
Aleksandra Skochilenko, a Russian artist, musician, and author of educational comics, was imprisoned in 2023 and sentenced to seven years in prison. She was released last year as part of a prisoner exchange between the West and Russia and now lives in exile. Saša Skočilenková was a guest at 2025 conference honoring the winner of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
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Serie: Artists in Oppression / 2025
13th annual International Conference in Honour of the Laureate of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
“The only lost cause is one we give up on before we enter the struggle.”
Václav Havel (Summer Meditations, 1991)
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Venue: Technology Center of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Mikulandská 5, Prague 1
Under the auspices of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavský
Freedom of artistic creation is one of the fundamental human rights, at least according to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, which lists it alongside other human rights. Artistic freedom is a specific type of freedom of expression, and it is no coincidence that artists, along with journalists and commentators, tend to head lists of persecuted individuals. Through their work, artists stir up society and f
„Prison made me even stronger.“ # Interview with Aleksandra Skochilenko, russian artist and activist
