Moscow Prosecutor's office will take the case of the introduction of the human rights organization "memorial" to the list of "foreign agents," reports journalist Last news from the Tverskoy district court of Moscow.

The court found it necessary to attract the authorized Prosecutor's office of the capital city of Russia, because, according to the Ministry of justice, the conclusion about the making of "Memorial" in the list of imagenow was made on the basis of the submission of the Prosecutor's office. Because of this, the meeting was rescheduled for March eleven.

Interregional public organization human rights centre "memorial" has addressed in Court once was made by the Ministry of justice in the registry " foreign agents." The plaintiffs ask that the decision be cancelled and reported that the Ministry has not explained the organization than was guided when making decisions.

in November 2012, the law obliged funded from abroad political non-profit organizations (NPOs) to register as " foreign agents." In June 2013, the Ministry of justice received the right to recognize NGOs as "foreign agents" at their own discretion. Russian NGOs have on many occasions expressed disagreement with the legislative act and appealed against it, among them the European Court of human rights.

before the justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court with the claim about the destruction of the Memorial, however, the Court did not want to do it.

Initially, the main task of the movement "memorial" was saved in the RF memory of political repression. Today, the international society "memorial" (or "international memorial" ) conducts research, advocacy and educational work. According to the summary data, "international memorial" consists of 62 organizations from Russia, Belarus, Germany, Italy, France, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Ukraine.

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