Both organisations have paid millions of rubles in fines stemming from alleged violations of the “Foreign Agent” Law, which has been found to be contrary to both international and domestic law. The Observatory further recalls that this is not the first time that the Memorial movement has faced acts of harassment and obstacles to its work, including through fines and searches of their premises across the country. The Observatory recalls that since 2013, Russian authorities have labelled some member organisations of the Memorial movement as “foreign agents”, including both International Memorial and the HRC Memorial. Similarly, on November 12, 2021, HRC Memorial learned that Moscow Prosecutor’s Office had brought an action before the Moscow City Court on November 8, 2021, asking for the liquidation of the NGO, on the grounds of failing to comply with the requirements of the “Foreign Agent” Law and for “justification of terrorism and extremism”. The Observatory recalls that on November 11, 2021, International Memorial received a notification from the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation informing them that the Prosecutor General’s Office filed a lawsuit requesting the liquidation of the NGO on the ground that International Memorial systematically violated Russia’s ”Foreign Agent” Law, in particular, the requirements to label all their materials. The real reasons behind the dissolution are political: during the trial, prosecutors accused International Memorial and HRC Memorial of "distorting historical memory, especially that of the Great Patriotic War" and "creating a false image of the USSR as a terrorist state." Although the Russia’s "Foreign Agent" Law violates international law, as confirmed by the opinion of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission), both Memorials complied with the law and marked the clear majority of their documents. The formal reason for the courts’ decision was the absence of "foreign agent" markings on some of the documents published by the organisations on social networks. The dissolution of the two organisations followed two politically motivated trials where no substantial evidence was presented to support the charges against the two organisations and justify their liquidation.
On December 29, 2021, the European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia to "suspend" the enforcement of the decisions to dissolve both International Memorial and HRC Memorial, under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. On December 29, 2021, the Moscow City Court ordered the dissolution of HRC Memorial on the same grounds of alleged violation of the “Foreign Agent” Law.īoth International Memorial and HRC Memorial intend to appeal the courts’ decisions, if necessary, to the European Court of Human Rights. On December 28, 2021, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ordered the liquidation of International Memorial for alleged violation of the “Foreign Agent” Law. The Observatory has been informed about the liquidation of the non-governmental organisations International Memorial and the Human Rights Center “Memorial” (HRC Memorial) in Moscow. Whether it’s financing, consulting or training, their knowledgeable and experienced staff is ready and willing to help,” Mendoza said.The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the Russian Federation. It’s like having an additional business partner whom I can discuss my business needs with. “I’ve enjoyed working alongside the SBDC. Mendoza appreciates the experience and guidance he’s had as an Idaho SBDC client. The Liquidation Center continues to offer a wide variety of furniture and mattresses all for under six hundred dollars. In 2019 he started working with Twin Falls CSI Small Business Development Center on a business plan to purchase the buildings he was leasing and an additional warehouse. Mendoza’s Furniture first opened in August of 2015, but changed its name to The Liquidation Center in 2018 with a renewed vision that new furniture and mattresses could be affordable and accessible to households of all incomes. Raised in Jerome, Idaho, he returned to his hometown after acquiring a bachelor’s in economics and business management from Northwest Nazarene University in 2013.
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