Dresden Peace Prize goes to the late Alexei Navalny

On Sunday, the Dresden Peace Prize was awarded to Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died under mysterious circumstances in an Arctic Circle prison camp on February 16.

“The resistance of the opposition politician was and is an emboldening example to all the human rights defenders who are continuing his activities,” the organizers said of the winner.

Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya accepted the prize and the laudatory speech was held by former German President Joachim Gauck.

Gauck,…