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Images of the Russian Supreme Court building in Moscow. Russia's Supreme Court will consider a request to shut down Memorial, the country's most prominent rights group and chronicler of Stalin-era purges and contemporary political persecutions. IMAGES
Co-chair of Russian Memorial rights group, Oleg Orlov, appears at a Moscow court on charges of repeatedly discrediting the army, which could see him jailed for up to five years. IMAGES
Russia's Supreme Court orders the closure of Memorial, the country's most prominent rights group, which chronicled Stalin-era purges and symbolised the post-Soviet democratisation. SOUNDBITE
A Moscow court hears the case against a leading rights group Memorial that could shut down the veteran organisation, closing off a year marked by a major crackdown on civil society. Images from outside and inside the Moscow City Court. IMAGES
Images broadcast on a television screen show the announcement in a Moscow court ordering the closure of an arm of the Memorial group that campaigns against contemporary rights abuses in Russia, a day after the Supreme Court outlawed the main organisation, sparking an international outcry. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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