Мемориал | |
Founded | January 28, 1989 |
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Dissolved | December 28, 2021 |
Type | Non-profit NGO |
Purpose | Human rights group |
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Key people | Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989), Arseny Roginsky (1947–2017), Sergei Kovalev (1930–2021) |
Award(s) | Right Livelihood Award (2004), Nansen Refugee Award (2004), Hermann Kesten Prize (2008), Sakharov Prize (2009), Victor Gollancz Prize (2009), "Freedom of Expression Prize" Index on Censorship (2012), "The Guardian of National Memory" Award from Polish Institute of National Memory (2012) |
Website | Memorial International (in English) Memorial Human Rights Centre (in English) |
Memorial (Russian: Мемориал, IPA: [mʲɪmərʲɪˈaɫ]) was a Russian human rights organisation.[1]
On 28 December 2021, the Supreme Court of Russia ordered the origanisation to close for violations of the foreign agent law.[2][3] On 7 October 2022, Memorial Society was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.[4]