Statements of Support (2003-2013) / Nooke, Günter

“We do not like talking about Russia not being a rule of law state”, says Günter Nooke, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Federal Government. The cases of the imprisoned entrepreneur Mikhail Khodorkovsky and of the killed journalist Anna Politkovskaya are used as proofs by him. One could not assume that in Russia fair trials take place”

Günter Nooke, Then Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, March 15, 2009