Five years passed since the murder of Stanislav “Stas” Markelov and Anastasia “Nastya” Baburova, who were gunned down in broad daylight in downtown Moscow. Also for this year activities are planned around the 19th of january in rememberance and to fight back the fascist violence. Start your own activity in your area!
More general background information you can find on the webpage of the January 19 Committee. The January 19 Committee is a public anti-fascist initiative involving people from various walks of life – workers and teachers, lawyers and journalists, artists and filmmakers, musicians and sociologists. The January 19 Committee was formed in autumn 2009 in memory of anti-fascist lawyer Stanislav Markelov and anti-fascist journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were murdered in downtown Moscow on January 19, 2009.
