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BBC OS: 2021/12/28 16:06 GMT: Russian court bans civil rights group Memorial

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Russian court bans civil rights group Memorial

2021/12/28 16:06 GMT

2021/12/28 16:06 GMT: Russian court bans civil rights group Memorial

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Russian court bans civil rights group Memorial

Russia's Supreme Court has ordered the closure of the country's oldest human rights group

The Supreme Court in Russia has banned one of the country's best known and oldest human rights organisations, International Memorial, in the latest move against critics of the Kremlin. We speak to our colleague from BBC Russian. 

Our medical expert Dr Isaac Bogoch joins us from Toronto to explain some of today’s coronavirus stories.

We'll also hear from passengers left aboard cruise ship that has been refused docking in Mexico over Covid cases. 

All week, we reflect on 2021 with some of the BBC correspondents who have helped us tell the story of the year. Today we hear from the BBC’s former North America editor Jon Sopel, who has reported of American politics for years, and covered three presidencies.

(Photo: Russia"s Supreme Court judge, Alla Nazarova, reads the conclusion during a hearing on the International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society "Memorial" (International Memorial) case in Moscow, Russia, 28 December 2021. Credit: YURI KOCHETKOV/EPA)

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