our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. more and more, it feels as if russia is turning the clock back. liquidate, the judge says, as she orders one of russia s oldest civil rights groups, international memorial, to shut down. the n60 was found to have broken russia s draconian foreign agents law. disgraceful decision, the reaction from the gallery. it s100% a political thing. and the substance of this political decision is just one more step from authoritarian regime to totalitarian. for more than 30 years, memorial has been shining a light on one of the darkest chapters of russian history, what became known as the great terror. it s been painstakingly cataloguing the victims
astronauts are being put in danger of a collision with satellites launched by elon musk. hello and welcome. the supreme court in russia has banned one of the country s best known and oldest human rights organisations, memorial, accusing it of violating a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents. it comes at the end of a year in which the kremlin has cracked down vigorously on its critics. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. more and more, it feels as if russia is turning the clock back. liquidate, the judge says, as she orders one of russia s oldest civil rights groups, international memorial, to shut down.
she was asked what people should do over new year. we ve always said act cautiously since this new variant came amongst us, and it is highly infectious. many people will know somebody who has caught this over the christmas period. so, do be cautious. take a lateral flow test before you go out. go to well ventilated areas. i ve been to a couple of outdoor parties, actually. people have moved things to outside. so, just be cautious, but you know, do try to enjoy yourself as well. much more about covid across the globe on the abc news website. russia s supreme court has ruled that the country s best known human rights group, memorial, must be disbanded for breaking the law on foreign agents. the organisation was founded in 1989 by soviet dissidents including nobel peace prize laureate andrei sakharov. it s the latest move against critics of the kremlin. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg explained.
we can t have all these staff of isolating, but also other sectors including the airline industry say the us secretary of state antony blinken has called for a ban on arms sales to the military in myanmar following an attack that killed that killed at least 30 civilians, last week. mr blinken said the burmese military had to be held accountable. the charity save the children has confirmed that two of its staff members, were among the bodies found in a burned out vehicle in kayah state. it s urged the un security council to take action. the supreme court in russia has banned one of the country s best known and oldest human rights organisations, memorial, accusing it of violating a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents. it comes at the end of a year in which the kremlin has cracked down vigorously on its critics. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. more and more, it feels as if russia
it s the latest move against critics of the kremlin, as our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg explained. you mentioned the foreign agents law, there. this is draconian legislation which the russian authorities have been using more and more to put pressure on ngos, rights groups and journalists who fall foul of the government. so, prosecutors have claimed that international memorial had violated the foreign agents law by not correctly marking some of their materials, foreign agents. and that was the reason for this case going ahead. but this is more to do with. this is more about, i think, about the past and what president putin and the kremlin think of the past. international memorial, for 30 years, has shone a light on one of the darkest chapters of russia s history in the 20th century, stalin s crimes against the people,