The middle was charged with a number of violations of Russia's "foreign agent" legislation and "justifying terrorism and extremism" in its publications, a lawyer for the group, Ilya Novikov, advised CNN.
The rulings proceed the hollowing out of Russia's civil society organizations, which have progressively fallen sufferer to Putin's authoritarian regime.Human rights teams and advocates for democracy have come beneath growing assault in recent times.Thousands of protesters had been detained earlier this yr for collaborating in a number of demonstrations supporting Alexey Navalny, the nation's best-known political opponent of Putin.Demonstrations through the first few months of 2021 had been met with a robust crackdown by police, together with widespread arrests and an allegedly disproportionate use of power.But consultants fear that shuttering Memorial might be a harbinger of worse to return for any teams that fall afoul of the Kremlin."It is difficult to overstate the urgency of ensuring that the two Memorial entities can continue their crucial work protecting human rights," a number of rights teams, together with Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, wrote in an open letter revealed in early December. "Memorial is at the very heart of Russia's civil society, and by targeting it, authorities are hoping to destroy Russia's civil society at large."In a press release issued Wednesday, the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated it "deeply" regretted the courts' selections."These actions dissolve two of Russia's most respected human rights groups and further weaken the country's dwindling human rights community," it stated.The UN harassed that "the legitimate voices of civil society should not be stigmatized including through use of the term 'foreign agent'."It concluded its assertion by urging "the Russian authorities to protect and support people and organizations that work to advance human rights across the Russian Federation."
CNN's Joshua Berlinger contributed to this report.
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