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Russian court bans second human rights group in two days
By EUobserver
A Russian court on Wednesday ordered the closure of Memorial Human Rights Center. It is the second major human rights group that was banned in two days. On Tuesday, Russia's Supreme Court banned the group's parent organisation, Memorial International. Both groups were outlawed for violating a controversial foreign agent law. Memorial International was founded in 1989 to document Soviet-era political repression.