Russia revokes registrations of pro-democracy, human rights groups

Russia has recently revoked the registration of 15 foreign organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW), due to “violations of the current legislation of the Russian Federation”. HRW has been operating in Russia for 30 years, while AI has had a presence in the country since 1993. Human Rights Watch promised it will continue to work in Russia. Amnesty’s secretary-general said they will redouble “efforts to expose Russia’s egregious human rights violations both at home and abroad”.

Source: RFE/RL

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