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Russia shuts down another prominent human rights group linked to Memorial International
Russia's Memorial Human Rights Centre has been ordered to shut by a Moscow court, a day after its sister organisation — Russia's oldest human rights group — was forced to close.
The Human Rights Centre keeps a running list of individuals it classifies as political prisoners, including Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
- ABC News
The list includes Jehovah’s Witnesses and Muslims convicted of terrorism who Memorial says …