Anna Sabatova
/Overview
Anna Šabatová born Brno, Czechoslovakia June 26, 1951. Peace activist. Arrested and sentenced to 25 months in prison for organizing leafleting of Parliamentary elections, 1971-73; founded VONS (Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Persecuted), 1978. Awarded UN Human Rights Prize for signing Charter 77 based on nonviolent protest, 1998.
Quotations
"Today people know again that there are things worth suffering for, and that the things that are worth suffering for are what make life worth living." (Aug. 19, 2008, Radio Free Europe; photo rferl.org)