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Added on the 29/12/2021 11:22:29 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
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
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 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
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