Founder and editor of CDMAG Belarusian journal, Iryna Vidanava, named among the most prominent dissidents of the world. The list is contained in the article of Foreign Policy magazine, devoted to the activities of dissidents from various countries.
Iryna Vidanava founded and edited a magazine for teenagers, CDMAG, aimed to encourage creative inclinations, dissent, and democratic values. According to NEWSru.com, in 2005, authorities banned the magazine. But in 2007 Vidanava founded youth magazine, 34 Multimedia Magazine, issued on CD.
The article mentions the dissidents from different countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, from China to Peru. Russia in the list of the most prominent dissidents is presented by the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alekseeva, and leader of the United Civil Front, Garry Kasparov.
«The dissidents have to suffer often — they are watched, abducted, beaten, killed, arrested, tortured. But only a little of them have a luck — they’ll be know in the whole world: they are, for example, Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar) or the Dalai Lama of Tibet. Meanwhile, countless people are involved in the same battle», reads the article of Foreign Policy.
