Moscow, April 9, 2026 (AFP) - Russia's Nobel Prize-winning rights group Memorial branded 'extremist'

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Russia's Supreme Court labelled the Nobel Prize-winning human rights group Memorial "extremist" on Thursday, making it easier to prosecute supporters and those who work with it. Russia had already liquidated the group's operations in 2021, forcing Memorial to work largely in exile. Here's the history of Russia's most prominent rights group and its work over the past 35 years: - What does Memorial do? - Memorial was founded in the late 1980s to......

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