Russia targets Nobel Peace Prize rights group with raids

Russia raids homes to target Nobel Peace Prize rights group

Russian authorities on Tuesday raided the homes and offices of multiple human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial that won the Nobel Peace Prize last year. The wave of searches, after which police took Memorial activists in for questioning, is part of a steady and sweeping crackdown that the Kremlin has unleashed against dissent in recent years. It has intensified after Moscow invaded Ukraine more than a year…

Memorial raids: Russia targets leaders of banned Nobel Prize-winning group

Nine leaders of Memorial are targeted, months after their organisation was shut down.

Russia targets Nobel Prize-winning rights group in raids – DW – 03/21/2023

Security forces raided the homes and offices of former employees of the rights organization Memorial. The wave of searches is part of a sweeping crackdown against dissent in Russia.

Russia takes action against human rights group that won the Nobel Peace Prize

Investigation was opened on the allegation that the Memorial group is “rehabilitating Nazism”; after being arrested, the group's leader called the accusation an “idiot”

Memorial Group, Nobel Peace Prize, the target of searches by Russian authorities

One of the apartments targeted by the Russians belongs to Oleg Orlov, co-president of the group.

Russia targets Nobel Peace Prize rights group with raids

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Russian authorities have raided homes and offices of multiple human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial that won the Nobel Peace Prize last year. The wave of searches is part of a steady and sweeping crackdown that the Kremlin has unleashed against dissent in recent years. The group says the raids and the interrogations are connected to a crimina…