30 April 2013 

Source: HRO.org (info)

• St. Petersburg & Leningrad region  Human rights defenders  Harassment of activists

A report on human rights presented to the United Nations has become the official grounds for prosecuting the Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre as an NGO which should register as a ‘foreign agent’. In the ‘principles of banning use of torture’ the prosecutors found ‘appeals to enter into conflict with the authorities.’ The prosecutor of St. Petersburg Admiralty district believes that the report on human rights presented in November 2012 at a session of the UN Committee Against Torture contains ‘indications of appeals to enter into conflict with the current authorities and state structures.’ [Read more]