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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 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
Images show a police bus and Memorial supporters outside the Russian human rights organisation's office as police search the inside. Russian authorities have launched a criminal case against Oleg Orlov, the co-chair of the nobel prize-winning human rights organisation, for "discrediting" the army. The searches took place as President Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks. 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
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
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