In the House of Commons of United Kingdom Parlament on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009,  The Chechnya Peace Forum and the Henry Jackson Society held a discussion of Russia A Year On: Testing Medvedev’s Democratic credentials. Speakers included: Akhmad Zakayev (ex-Foreign Minister of Chechen Republic Ichkeria), Vladimir Bukovsky (Soviet and Russian dissident and human rights activist), Robin Shepherd (Director of International Affairs, Henry Jackson Society), Gisela Stuart (MP, Member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee).

The Oslo Freedom Forum was held May 18-20, 2009, in Oslo, Norway. This conference brought together some of the world’s leading minds  to honor heroic survivors of political oppression and persecution—men and women who risked their lives for freedom.