US EditionRussia Outlaws Human Rights Watch as Crackdown on Dissent Continues
The designation bans the U.S.-headquartered nonprofit from operating in Russia and criminalizes involvement, part of a crackdown that targets over 280 groups, Human Rights Watch said.
- Russia has outlawed the international human rights group Human Rights Watch, designating it as an 'undesirable organization' under a 2015 law.
- The Russian authorities have also opened a case to designate the feminist punk band Pussy Riot as an extremist organization and declared Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation as a terrorist group.
- Russia's crackdown on dissent has intensified, with over 275 organizations, including prominent media outlets and rights groups, currently listed as 'undesirable organizations.
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Russia has banned the human rights organization Human Rights Watch as a so-called unwanted organization.
Russia outlaws Human Rights Watch as crackdown on dissent continues
The Russian authorities have outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organization,” making all involvement with the group a criminal offense. The designation means the international human rights group must stop all work in Russia, and opens those who cooperate…
The NGO says it is not "surprised" by this decision and promises to continue its investigations into the crimes of the Kremlin.
The Kremlin has declared Human Rights Watch an "unwanted organisation", which in fact bans the human rights group in Russia, but it wants to continue reporting on war crimes.
Russia added, on the sixth day, Human Rights Watch (HW) to its list of "indebted organizations", prohibiting that the legal group with headquarters in New York operate in its territory. Russia did not give a reason for the decision, and Human Rights Watch, which was forced to close its offices in the country in 2022, did not comment on the measure until now.
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