Continuous crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders in Russia: the case of human rights organisation Memorial

Reference RC-B9-0604/2021

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The Left39

10720254%

S&D145

129141196%

Greens/EFA72

The European Parliament adopted by 569 votes to 46, with 49 abstentions, a resolution on the continuous crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders in Russia: the case of human rights organisation Memorial.The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and ECR groups.Memorial is one of the oldest and most respected human rights organisations and an international model for organisations working on the historical remembrance of political repression and the defence of human rights. It has built an impressive database of over 40 000 officers in the Soviet Union internal security forces and has documented crimes committed by them.Parliament condemned the recent politically motivated attempts by Russian…