Russia's Supreme Court will consider a bid to shut down Memorial, the country's most prominent rights group
Prosecutors say the group's central structure violates its designation as a"foreign agent" by not marking all its publications with the label as required by law but Memorial's lawyers and founders deny any serious violations.
Tuesday's hearing comes at the end of a year that has seen authorities dismantle the political opposition and crack down on independent media and rights groups. Memorial's lawyers and founders have denied any serious violations, saying its material was properly marked and that only an insignificant number of documents may have been missing the tag.The hearing is one of two cases brought against the group and is being heard by the Supreme Court because Memorial International is registered as an international body. The ruling will not be open to appeal in a Russian court.
The latest hearing in the trials comes after Russia blocked the website of the OVD-Info rights monitor, which works with Memorial, on the weekend saying it promoted terrorism and extremism. On Monday, a court in the northwestern city of Petrozavodsk increased a prison sentence for the head of Memorial in Karelia, Yury Dmitriyev, to a total of 15 years.
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