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A new turn of the screw against NGOs in Russia

Correspondent in Moscow

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It was the oldest human rights organization in Russia. The Moscow Helsinki Group (MHLG) was established in 1976 to ensure that the USSR respected its human rights obligations under the Helsinki Final Act, which had been signed the previous year, in 1975, at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Last week, the Moscow City Court. “satisfying the request of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation”.ordered the dissolution of this iconic NGO, marking a further step in the elimination of any critical voice in the country as it resumes its armed offensive in Ukraine.

The Moscow Helsinki group was removed from the official register of legal entities under the pretext that it had been operating outside the Moscow region, violating its regional status, in particular, for trials or sending its members…

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Source: Le Figaro

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