Myroslava Gongadze

Myroslava Gongadze (Ukrainian: Мирослава Гонгадзе, born June 19, 1972) is a Ukrainian journalist and political activist now living in the United States. Her husband, journalist Georgiy Gongadze, was abducted and murdered in 2000. Since then she has been a prominent advocate for freedom of the press and protection of the safety of reporters in Ukraine, and has continued to work for justice in the case of her husband's murder.

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Myroslava Gongadze
Birth dateJune 19, 1972
Birth nameMyroslava Petryshyn
Birth place
Soviet Union , Berezhany , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ethnicity
Ukraine
Education
Lviv University
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