Litvinenko Justice Foundation is a

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established to demand justice for

Alexander Litvinenko Alexander Valterovich "Sasha" Litvinenko (30 August 1962 ( at WebCite) or 4 December 1962 – 23 November 2006) was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised i ...

who was allegedly poisoned in

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, United Kingdom on 1 November 2006. According to organizers, they will do “everything possible to make sure that suspects will stand trial in the UK and will not be shielded from justice by the Russian state.” The Litvinenko Justice Foundation was founded by

's widow, Marina, and his two friends, Boris Berezovsky and Alex Goldfarb. They were joined by human rights lawyer

Louise Christian Louise Hilda Christian (born 22 May 1952, Oxford) is a British human rights solicitor. She is the daughter of Jack and Maureen Christian. Christian was admitted to the Law Society as a solicitor on 16 January 1978. In 1985,The ''Telegraph'' arti ...

. The Foundation was registered in London on 2 March 2007. Initial funding was provided by Berezovsky. After Marina Litvinenko was granted an

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into the death of her husband in October 2011, the Foundation launched a public fundraising campaign to help her offset her legal costs. Litvinenko's widow appeals for inquest funding.

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, 17 October 2011

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* * Human rights organisations based in the United Kingdom Human rights in Russia Alexander Litvinenko Organizations established in 2006 2006 establishments in England {{russia-stub