COPENHAGEN, 29 January 2015 — The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today issued the following statement on the Russian Supreme Court’s rejection of a request by the Justice Ministry to close the human rights group Memorial: “The decision of the Supreme Court to not shut down one of the country’s most prestigious and important human rights organizations is a rare bit of good news for Russian civil society. I fully welcome this development, while at the same time I reiterate my regret that draconian legislation made all …read more
Source: OSCE