The groups “were expelled after being found to be in breach of current Russian law,” the ministry said in a statement. In response to the deportation, Amnesty International said Moscow was “effectively shutting it down”. Russia’s media regulator had previously denied access to Amnesty International’s Russian-language website on March 11. “Amnesty International’s closure in Russia is just the latest in a long list of organizations that have been punished for defending human rights and telling the truth to the Russian authorities,” said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general. “In a country where dozens of activists and dissidents have been imprisoned, killed or exiled, where independent media have been tarnished, blocked or forced into self-censorship, and where civil society organizations have been outlawed or liquidated, you have to do the right thing. “If the Kremlin tries to shut you up,” he continued. The announcement by the Russian ministry, which did not specify the details of the violations, comes as several NGOs accuse Russia of crimes under international law. The independent human rights group Human Rights Watch said at the weekend that it had substantiated a series of allegations of war crimes by Russian forces in occupied parts of Ukraine, which “include a case of repeated rape.” two cases of summary execution, one by six men, the other by a man. and other cases of unlawful violence and threats against civilians between 27 February and 14 March 2022 “. “The authorities are deeply mistaken if they believe that by closing our office in Moscow, they will stop our work of documenting and exposing human rights abuses,” Callamard said. “We continue to work tirelessly to ensure that people in Russia can enjoy their human rights without discrimination. We will redouble our efforts to expose gross human rights abuses by Russia both at home and abroad.”
title: “Zelensky Says Everybody Involved In Kramatorsk Attack Will Be Held Accountable " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-11” author: “Caroline White”
The sudden piercing sound of a radiation meter fills the room as a Ukrainian soldier enters. Russian soldiers lived here at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the level of radioactivity is now higher than normal. There is no visible presence of the source of the radioactive material in the room, but Ukrainian officials say it comes from small particles and dust brought by soldiers to the building. “They went to the Red Forest and brought radioactive material with them in their shoes,” explains soldier Ihor Ugolkov. “Other places are fine, but the radiation increased here, because they lived here.” CNN gained exclusive access to the plant for the first time since regaining control of Ukraine. Factory officials explain that the levels inside the room used by Russian soldiers are only slightly higher than what the World Nuclear Union describes as natural radiation. One-time contact would not be dangerous, but constant exposure would be a health hazard. “They went everywhere and got some radioactive dust on them [when they left]”, Adds Ugolkov. An example of what Ukrainian officials say was the lax and careless behavior of Russian soldiers while in control of the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster. The area around Chernobyl, the Red Forest, is still the most nuclear-contaminated. area on the planet, with most of the radioactive particles present in the soil. Ukrainian officials have released drone footage of what they say are trenches dug by Russian troops in the area, which is highly radioactive. In a safe location on the outskirts of this area, CNN saw a Russian military diet displaying radiation levels 50 times above normal. Russian troops have been holding Chernobyl for a month and are believed to have operated in contaminated areas most of the time. Read more:
