Russia bans Nobel-winning rights group, raids independent newspaper, in one day

Russia banned the Nobel Prize-winning human rights group Memorial and raided the offices of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta Thursday, in fresh blows to already diminished civil liberties in the country. Memorial and Novaya Gazeta, both founded around the collapse of the Soviet Union, are Russia’s two most reputable and renowned organisations reporting and documenting […] The post Russia bans Nobel-winning rights group, raids independent newspaper, in one day appeared first on Digital Journal.