Tver Court of Moscow on Wednesday acknowledged the legitimate inclusion of the human rights organization "memorial" in the register "foreign agents," said Fins news Commissioner of the court.

"The court rejected the message of" Memorial ", in which the organization was requested to be removed from the list of "foreign agents" in full, " said the Commissioner of the court.

The court announced only the operative part of the resolution, for this reason the reasons of such decision until not known." Memorial, legally, may appeal this decision in court.

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.

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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