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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Moscow – 21 February 2018
1. Amnesty International panel presenting a report
2. Close of report
3. Audience at news conference
4. Senior Director of Research at Amnesty International Anna Neistat speaking
5. Panel during news conference
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Moscow – 2 August 2018
6. Various of Amnesty International activist protesting the incarceration of Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov with banner reading (Russian) “Don’t kill Oleg Sentsov!”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Moscow – 2 November 2016
7. Tilt down of building where Amnesty International office was based
8. Wide of sealed door of office
9. Various of seal on door reading (Russian) "The object is property of constituent unit of the Russian Federation. Moscow city. Do not open without representative of the owner; department of Moscow city property. Damage on the locking devices, doors, windows, engineering systems of the object as well as unsanctioned entry into the object will lead to responsibility according to the acting law of the Russian Federation."
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergei Nikitin, then-head of Amnesty International Russia:
"Of course some people don’t like us but we are a human rights organisation and we can’t please everyone. We were criticised but it’s a normal civilised discussion when we tell our point of view, we base (our information) on our facts and someone who doesn’t like this criticism tells his facts. It’s normal, it’s not a break in and change of locks, it’s not a throwing out of the office."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Moscow – 3 June 2014
11. Amnesty International activist, wearing a bathrobe, walking and holding banner reading (Russian) "In Russia everyone can freely speak their mind… only in their kitchen"
12. Activist walking towards an improvised kitchen table set on the street
13. Close of banner
14. Activist at table
15. Close of tea cups and book on table
16. Police officer checking permit to hold demonstration
17. Amnesty International press conference
18. Close of Amnesty International logo
19. Mid of Amnesty International officials
20. Close of Amnesty International report on table
STORYLINE:
Russian authorities on Monday outlawed Amnesty International as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense.
The decision by the Russian Prosecutor General’s office, announced in an online statement, is the latest in a crackdown on Kremlin critics, journalists and activists that has intensified since the start of the conflict in Ukraine.
The designation means the international human rights group must stop any work in Russia and it subjects those who cooperate with it or support it to prosecution.
Russia’s list of “undesirable organizations” currently covers 223 entities, including prominent independent news outlets and rights groups.
Amnesty International was launched in 1961.
The group documents and reports human rights violations across the globe and campaigns for release of those it deems unjustly imprisoned.
It has released reports on the conflict in Ukraine, accusing Moscow of crimes against humanity, and has spoke out against the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has swept up thousands of people in recent years.
Amnesty International did not immediately comment on the move.
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