Memorial board member calls process attack on all Russian civil society

Record ID: 1651000

  • Title: Memorial board member calls process attack on all Russian civil society
  • Date: 14th December 2021
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DECEMBER 14, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MEMORIAL MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS NEAR ENTRANCE TO SUPREME COURT BUILDING MEMORIAL MEMBER CARRYING BOX WITH BOOKS WRITTEN BY MEMORIAL MEMBERS AND AWARDS GIVEN TO MEMORIAL (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MEMORIAL BOARD MEMBER, OLEG ORLOV, SAYING: "Do you see the boxes over there? They show our work, all of it. All of our work is obviously makes somebody uncomfortable and so they want to close us down. It's just not an attack on us but on the whole Russian civil society. We're trying to repel it." VARIOUS OF POLICE BUS NEAR COURT (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MEMORIAL BOARD MEMBER, OLEG ORLOV, SAYING: "Memorial is a special organisation with its own ideology. We combine what's called relevant human rights activities with historical studies and comprehending the historical path of Russia in the 20th century. It seems that such a union does not please someone in the Russian leadership, I think." VARIOUS OF COURT BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MEMORIAL SUPPORTER, KONSTANTIN KOTOV, SAYING: "Memorial is the longest-standing human rights organisation. Memorial is the memory, memory about the repressions. I am here because the authorities are trying to erase this memory." MAN WEARING FCE MASK, PRINT READING (Russian) "YOU CAN'T BAN MEMORIAL" PEOPLE ENTERING COURT SUPREME COURT PLAQUE
  • Embargoed: 28th December 2021 13:30
  • Keywords: Russia ban court hearing human rights verdict
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Europe,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA001F80FARR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Board member of the human rights group Memorial Oleg Orlov said on Tuesday (December 14) that the court process against the organisation is an attack against all civil society in Russia.
    Memorial supporters gathered near the Russian Supreme Court building on Tuesday morning when the court was expected to deliver its verdict.
    The group's main offices now face the threat of being shut down at the behest of state prosecutors who accuse it of flouting Russia's "foreign agent" laws.
    The announcement of the verdict has been postponed to December 28.
    Founded in 1989, Memorial is an international historical society researching the political repressions and monitoring human rights in Russia and other post-Soviet states.
    The Memorial Society was declared a "foreign agent" in 2016.
    (Production: Alexander Reshetnikov, Mikhail Antonov, Dmitry Turlyun)
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