Russia's supreme court has ordered the closure of the country's most prominent rights group, memorial international. Prosecutors accused the memorial of creating a false image of USSR as a terrorist state.

Russian SC orders closure of country's prominent rights group

Russia's Supreme Court has ordered the closure of the country's most prominent rights group Memorial International. The ruling against Memorial International has sparked an international outcry.

Russian court orders closure of civil rights group Memorial International

Russia’s oldest human rights group which was founded in 1980s to document the political suppressions under the Soviet Union was ordered to closed down by the country’s Supreme Court.

Russian Supreme Court shuts down country’s oldest human rights group Memorial International

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