The court recognized the legitimate representation of the Prosecutor to address the human rights center " memorial ", which has become a cause for the entry of this organization in the registry of foreign agents, said Last news Commissioner of the court.

thus, the court dismissed the appeal of the authorized human rights organizations that had requested to accept the decision of the Prosecutor illegal.

in may, the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow has already recognized the legitimate requirement of the Moscow Prosecutor's office to the human rights centre " memorial " about registering as a foreign agent. The Ministry of justice reported the inclusion of " Memorial " in the list of foreign agents in July, along with four human rights organizations, as well as among them " Agora " and " Public verdict ".

at the end of 2012 in the Russian Federation entered into force a law requiring non-profit organizations involved in political activities and financed from abroad to register as foreign agents. Fresh clarify the law gave the Ministry of justice law on their own to make the NPI registry " foreign agents."" The memorial has filed complaints against this law in the European court of human rights and appealed against their inclusion in the list of foreign agents.

Initially, the main task of the movement " memorial " was to preserve the memory of political repressions in Russia. 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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