July 19, 2021 06:51:35 pm
Russian human rights organization Team 29 (Komada 29) whose members include journalists and lawyers announced Sunday it is liquidating. The move comes amidst fears about the country’s foreign agents law.
Russian authorities have recently taken a number of actions targeting Team 29. On July 16, the organization’s website was blocked by authorities after the Prosecutor-General’s office found Team 29 has connections to the Společnost Svobody Informace (Freedom of Information Society). The Společnost Svobody Informace is a non-governmental organization based in the Czech Republic which is listed as an “undesirable organization” under Russia’s foreign agents law.
Team 29 asserts it has no relationship with the SSI and the authorities’ conclusions “contradict the facts and the law, they are arbitrary and far-fetched.”
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