Legal disgrace': Russia shuts down its oldest human rights group
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The decision is the latest in a series of legal rulings against organisations critical of the Russian government.A Moscow court ordered the closure of Russia's oldest human rights organisation, the Moscow Helsinki Group, silencing another respected institution as a political crackdown continues.The judge with the Moscow City Court granted a justice ministry request to dissolve the rights group, the court announced in a statement on Wednesday.
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