Nobel Prize Committee condemns Russian move to criminalise rights group

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee condemned Russia's attempt to designate Memorial, a 2022 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient, as an extremist organisation. Russia's Supreme Court will examine the Justice Ministry's petition Thursday to add Memorial to its undesirable entities list. The designation would ban the organisation and criminalize anyone affiliated with it, facing up to four years imprisonment. Memorial was previously declared a foreign agent and dissolved in 2021. The committee urged Russia to withdraw the claim.

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