Russia shuts down prominent human rights organization

The UN human rights office said Russian courts had decided to 'dissolve two of Russia’s most respected human rights groups and further weaken the country’s dwindling human rights community.'

Oyub Titiev, the head of the Chechen office of the Memorial Human Rights Centre, is welcomed after his release, outside of a penal colony settlement, in the town of Argun, in Chechnya, Russia, June 21, 2019.

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ByREUTERS

DECEMBER 29, 2021 15:24

Russia shuts down prominent human rights organization

The UN human rights office said Russian courts had decided to 'dissolve two of Russia’s most respected human rights groups and further weaken the country’s dwindling human rights community.'

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Russia shuts down prominent human rights organization

The UN human rights office said Russian courts had decided to 'dissolve two of Russia’s most respected human rights groups and further weaken the country’s dwindling human rights community.'

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