"Russian authorities have outlawed Human Rights Watch as an undesirable organisation, a label that, under a 2015 law, makes involvement with it a criminal offence. Friday's designation means the international human rights group must stop all work in Russia, and opens those who cooperate with or support the organisation to prosecution. list of 4 itemsend of list HRW has repeatedly accused Russia of suppressing dissenters and committing war crimes during its ongoing war against Ukraine."
"For over three decades, Human Rights Watch's work on post-Soviet Russia has pressed the government to uphold human rights and freedoms, the executive director at Human Rights Watch, Philippe Bolopion, said in a statement. Our work hasn't changed, but what's changed, dramatically, is the government's full-throttled embrace of dictatorial policies, its staggering rise in repression, and the scope of the war crimes its forces are committing in Ukraine."
Russian authorities outlawed Human Rights Watch as an undesirable organisation under a 2015 law that criminalises involvement, forcing the group to stop all work in Russia and exposing collaborators to prosecution. Human Rights Watch has accused Russia of suppressing dissent and committing war crimes during the war in Ukraine. The organisation's executive director described a dramatic government embrace of dictatorial policies, rising repression, and expanded war crimes. Prosecutors opened a case to label Pussy Riot an extremist organisation. Russia's Supreme Court designated Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation as a terrorist group, targeting its US-registered entity. Russia's undesirable list exceeds 275 entities, including independent news outlets and rights groups, and authorities are considering a total ban on WhatsApp.
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