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Russian court orders human rights group to close

International Memorial, Russia鈥檚 oldest human rights group, is ordered to close

Russia鈥檚 Supreme Court has ordered Russia鈥檚 oldest human rights group, International Memorial, to close. Memorial was founded in 1989. In court, the prosecutor called Memorial a 鈥減ublic threat鈥�.

Also in the programme: an Egyptian mummy is digitally unwrapped; and an environmental court decision in South Africa.

(Photo: Russian policemen detain a supporter of the International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society "Memorial" (International Memorial) outside the Russian Supreme Court. CREDIT: EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV)

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