#crackdown-on-dissent

#crackdown-on-dissent

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.