28 minutes agoRussia seeks closure of country's oldest human rights group
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Russia's Ministry of Justice is calling for the closure of the oldest human rights group in the country, the Helsinki Group in Moscow (MHG). The move comes amid a Kremlin campaign to overcome criticism of the war in Ukraine. The motion appeared on the ministry's [...] website.
The move comes amid a Kremlin campaign to overcome criticism of the war in Ukraine.
The motion appeared on the ministry's 20 December website.
MHG was created in 1976 by known dissidents of the time, in the home of Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sacharov.
Group members were arrested or forced to leave the country after the MHG was established.
The group revived its activity in Russia in late 1980.
