“I can no longer bear to live”: Veteran Russian rights activist Nina Litvinova takes her own life, citing war and repression in suicide note
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Nina Litvinova, a Moscow dissident, scholar, and human rights activist, took her own life at the age of 80, according to a recent social media post from…
  • Bone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Putin killed her! […] Here is what she wrote about the reasons for taking her own life:

    ‘I love you all and think of you. But I must go; I can no longer bear to live. Ever since Putin attacked Ukraine and has been killing innocent people, and here at home he has been endlessly imprisoning thousands of people who are suffering and dying there simply because, like me, they are against war and against killing. There is nothing I can do to help them. Zhenya [Evgeniya] Berkovich, Svetlana Petriychuk, Karina Tsurkan, and thousands of others are suffering and dying behind bars. I tried to help them, but my strength has run out, and I am tormented day and night by my powerlessness.

    I am ashamed, but I have given up. Please forgive me.’”