Russia cracks down on human rights groups after removal from U.N. council

Russia has revoked the registration of over a dozen human rights groups over 'violations' of Russian law.

' Human Rights Council, the country's Ministry of Justice has revoked the registration of over a dozen international human rights organizations.

"HRW has been working on Russia since the Soviet era, when it was a closed totalitarian state," Human Rights Watchin response to the news."We found ways of documenting human rights abuses then, and we will do so in the future."

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