Court cases threatening human rights group Memorial start in Russia

The head office of Memorial’s Human Rights Centre in Moscow, which has been accused of ‘justifying extremism’. Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA

The head office of Memorial’s Human Rights Centre in Moscow, which has been accused of ‘justifying extremism’. Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/24/court-cases-against-human-rights-group-memorial-start-in-russia