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1/ This weekend, the Sakharov Center will close its doors to the public following an eviction order from Moscow officials. One of the rare few places of free debate in #Russia, the Center’s closure comes amid the Kremlin’s crackdown on anti-war dissent. themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/14/aft…
2/ The center opened in 1996 in honor of Andrei Sakharov, a Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and has long been reputed as the preeminent location for critical discussion on human rights. In 2014, it was designated as a "foreign agent" by Russian officials.
3/ The closure of such an iconic institution is deeply disappointing. #HRF stands with the Sakharov Center, alongside all other organizations deemed "undesirable" and forced to close under Putin’s regime during the harshest repression in decades.
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