A square in the northern German city of Hamburg has been officially inaugurated to commemorate Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered 18 years ago this week.

Located in the district of Eimsbüttel, the square was officially renamed in the presence of friends and relatives of Politkovskaya.

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“This place will remind us that there are people like my mother who are not afraid to swim against the tide and fight for the truth,” Politkovskaya’s son, Ilya Politkovsky, said at the unveiling in Hamburg.

The square named after his mother is “a symbol that freedom, truth and justice remain fundamental values,” he said.