Moscow, December 28
Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organisations should be shut down, a move that stirred up much public outrage and is the latest step in a months-long crackdown on rights activists, independent media and opposition supporters.
The Prosecutor General’s Office petitioned the court last month to revoke the legal status of Memorial — an international group that rose to prominence for its studies of political repression in the Soviet Union and currently encompasses more than 50 smaller groups in Russia and abroad.
The court on Tuesday ruled in favour of the prosecution, which charged that Memorial “creates a false image of the USSR as a terrorist state, whitewashes and rehabilitates Nazi criminals.”
Memorial and its supporters have maintained that the accusations are politically motivated, and the organisation’s leaders have vowed to continue their work even if the court shuts it down. In the recent months, the Russian government has designated a number of independent media outlets, journalists and human rights groups as “foreign agents”. — AP
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