In Russia, a new turn of the screw against NGOs

1/29/2023, 6:11:00 PM

The Moscow Helsinki Group, a pioneer in the defense of civil rights, has been dissolved. Correspondent in Moscow To discover Follow information on the war in Ukraine with the Figaro application It was the oldest human rights organization in Russia. The Moscow Helsinki Group (MHM) had been created in 1976 to ensure that the USSR respected its human rights commitments, in accordance with the Helsinki Final Act signed the previous year, in 1975, during the Conference on Security and C

Correspondent in Moscow

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It was the oldest human rights organization in Russia.

The Moscow Helsinki Group (MHM) had been created in 1976 to ensure that the USSR respected its human rights commitments, in accordance with the Helsinki Final Act signed the previous year, in 1975, during the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Last week, the Moscow City Court,

"satisfying the request of the Russian Ministry of Justice"

, ordered the dissolution of this emblematic NGO - marking a further step in the eradication of any critical voice in the country. time when he relaunched his armed offensive in Ukraine.

The Moscow Helsinki Group has been withdrawn from the official register of legal persons on the pretext that it has carried out activities outside the Moscow region, in violation of its regional status, in particular for having sent observers to trials or its members at events in…

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