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Myroslava Gongadze 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. Myroslava Petryshyn was born on June 19, 1972, in Berezhany, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. She earned a Master’s degree in civic law from Lviv University , and in the early 1990s worked as a legal consultant for local government agencies. During the early 1990s, Petryshyn became involved in journalism and Ukrainian politics. In 1993 she was a specialist in the information department of the journal Post-Postup. In 1994 and 1995 she served as deputy director and director of the press center for the New Wave political...

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