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March 23, 2023

Russia Raids Homes of Workers from Banned, Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Organization
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In Russia, security forces have raided the homes of people affiliated
with the banned Memorial Human Rights Center, confiscating items and
equipment and bringing some of the group's members in for questioning.
Memorial won the Right Livelihood Award in 2004 and the Nobel Peace
Prize in 2022 for its work documenting human rights violations and
crimes committed by the former Soviet Union. It was outlawed by the
Russian government in late 2021, ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.


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