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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
Images of the exterior the Supreme Court in Moscow as it continues to consider a request to shut down Memorial, the country's most prominent rights group and a pillar of its civil society who are in court for alleged violations of its designation as a "foreign agent". Memorial is facing its biggest threat since being founded by Soviet dissidents including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov in 1989. 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
Images broadcast on a television screen show Russian officials reconvening in a Moscow courtroom to hear a case against an arm of Memorial group that campaigns against current rights abuses in Russia, a day after the Supreme Court outlawed the main organisation, which chronicled Stalin-era purges. IMAGES
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
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