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Russia Cracks Down on an Important Voice for Human Rights

Posted November 12th, 2015 at 11:47 am (UTC-4)
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The Russian Ministry of Justice has taken another step toward suffocating Memorial, one of the world’s most respected human rights and civil society organizations. The Kremlin hopes to cripple a group that has courageously defended the memory of Stalin’s victims, while carrying out independent research into modern human rights abuses.