#Russia's Supreme Court reconvened on Tuesday to hear a request to shut down #Memorial, the country's most prominent #rights group and a pillar of its civil society. In court for alleged violations of its designation as a "foreign agent", Memorial is facing its biggest threat since it was founded by Soviet dissidents, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei #Sakharov, in 1989. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert tells us more.
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