1/. #BREAKING: A Russian court has just shut down human rights group Memorial International
"The authorities’ use of the ‘foreign agents’ law to dissolve this organization is a blatant attack on civil society that seeks to blur the national memory of state repression" @amnesty
"The authorities’ use of the ‘foreign agents’ law to dissolve this organization is a blatant attack on civil society that seeks to blur the national memory of state repression" @amnesty
https://twitter.com/MemorialMoscow/status/1475774529825914882
2/. “Shame! Shame! Shame!”
Crowd gathered outside the Supreme Court building in Moscow after the decision to shut down #Memorial, Russia’s oldest human rights NGO.
At least one protester was taken away by police
(Footage via @hrc_memorial)
#МыМемориал
Crowd gathered outside the Supreme Court building in Moscow after the decision to shut down #Memorial, Russia’s oldest human rights NGO.
At least one protester was taken away by police
(Footage via @hrc_memorial)
#МыМемориал
3/. Memorial was founded in 1987, with Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov serving as its chairman
It consists of Memorial International, which deals with Soviet-era crimes, & Memorial Human Rights Centre, which deals with political prisoners in modern-day Russia (Pics David Frenkel)
It consists of Memorial International, which deals with Soviet-era crimes, & Memorial Human Rights Centre, which deals with political prisoners in modern-day Russia (Pics David Frenkel)
4/. “Heart breaking. This is another blow to Russian civil society” @AgnesCallamard of @amnesty
"If Russian authorities cannot face looking in the mirror the solution is to change their conduct, rather than shatter the mirror” @KenRoth of @hrw
#Memorial
"If Russian authorities cannot face looking in the mirror the solution is to change their conduct, rather than shatter the mirror” @KenRoth of @hrw
#Memorial
https://twitter.com/agnescallamard/status/1475789890172432384
5/. “Freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of people by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorship.”
(Andrei Sakharov)
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
#Memorial #Russia #Putin #FreeMemorial
(Andrei Sakharov)
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
#Memorial #Russia #Putin #FreeMemorial
6/. “It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”
Like Amnesty International, Memorial International uses a candle as a its symbol, inspired by this ancient Chinese proverb
In 2016, @amnesty’s Moscow office was sealed...but thankfully only for 16 days #Memorial
Like Amnesty International, Memorial International uses a candle as a its symbol, inspired by this ancient Chinese proverb
In 2016, @amnesty’s Moscow office was sealed...but thankfully only for 16 days #Memorial
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/793760354878840832
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