Russian Court Orders 2nd Ban of a Major Human Rights Group in 2 Days – The New York Times

As the Kremlin Revises History, a Human Rights Champion Becomes a Casualty

The shuttering of Memorial, the country’s most prominent human rights organization, has saddened Russians who were personally touched by its work shining a light on the injustices of the Soviet past.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/world/europe/russia-memorial-human-rights-center.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=World%20News

“The state does not like that the human rights center speaks about how it behaves,” he said during the proceedings.