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Added on the 29/12/2021 09:28:50 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
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 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
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested almost 15 months ago on espionage charges, appears in court in Yekaterinburg on the first day of closed-door trial. 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
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