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Russian NGO Memorial liquidated, memory locked
Editorial of the “World”. The circle is complete. Born in the late 1980s, within civil society, thanks to the opening attempted by the last Soviet number one, Mikhail Gorbachev, the…
The Memorial NGO, pillar of the defense of freedoms in Russia, will be dissolved
The decision of the Russian Supreme Court fell: the NGO and its regional branches will be “liquidated”. The Russian Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of the Memorial NGO,…
Liquidation of the NGO Memorial: in Russia, the victory of official history
Coup de grace Article reserved for subscribers A pillar of the defense of human rights, the association founded in 1988 by historians to shed light on the crimes of communism…
In Russia, the dissolution of the NGO Memorial marks the extent of the democratic decline of the Putin era
Lawyers for the NGO Memorial listen to the Russian Supreme Court’s announcement of its dissolution in Moscow on December 28, 2021. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP The shock wave spread across…
Dissolution of the NGO Memorial in Russia: “The truth can never be annihilated”
Interview Article reserved for subscribers For the historian Nicolas Werth, specialist of the USSR and president of Memorial France, the decision of the Russian justice, Tuesday, to order the dissolution…
Justice orders dissolution: Russian NGO Memorial: “Not the end”
Tuesday, December 28, 2021 Justice orders dissolution Russian NGO Memorial: “Not the End” The Foreign Agents Act is used against opposition members in Russia. The NGO Memorial has long been…
Putin’s campaign against Memorial
In front of the Supreme Court in central Moscow, demonstrators chanted “Shame, shame”. Image: Imago Russia orders the dissolution of Memorial International. The Kremlin is trying to damage the reputation…
Russian Supreme Court dissolves Memorial NGO
The Russian Supreme Court has ordered the dissolution of Memorial, an NGO that lists human rights violations in armed conflicts in which Russia is involved, but also political persecutions, attacks…
Russia: Supreme Court dissolves Memorial NGO, pillar of civil society
The Russian Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of the Memorial NGO, pillar of the defense of the fight against repression in contemporary Russia and guardian of the memory…
Memorial trial verdict – Russia’s judiciary pulls the plug – News
The decision about the future of the renowned human rights organization Memorial has been made: the Supreme Court decides to dissolve it. According to the Interfax agency, the judges upheld…
Russia: Memorial civil rights organization banned
Russia’s oldest civil rights organization, which dealt with coming to terms with Soviet history and gave the victims a voice, is in fact banned. The allegations were the pretext for…
The Russian Supreme Court dissolves the NGO Memorial, pillar of the defense of freedoms in the country
An activist of the human rights NGO Memorial, whose sign reads “We will always live”, is arrested in front of the Russian Supreme Court, on December 28, 2021, in Moscow.…