As is being reported on the Human Rights in Russia website, coordinator of the Oborona movement, Oleg Kozlovsky, has received the Human Rights Award, conferred annually by the human rights organization Human Rights First. As they reported in the press-service of the organization, the 30th jubilee award ceremony will take place in New York on 23 October. Among the previous laureates of this award are the Russian human rights advocate Ludmilla Alexeeva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, philanthropist George Soros, dissident Natan Sharansky, senator Edward Kennedy, and other people who have made a significant contribution to the defense of human rights in the world and in their countries – reports Human Rights First.