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[Regnum] The American organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has been added to Russia's list of undesirables. The Russian Ministry of Justice announced this on November 28.
On November 28, the agency added Human Rights Watch to the list of foreign and international organizations whose activities are considered undesirable, under number 279.
In April 2022, the HRW website was blocked by Roskomnadzor at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. The site was added to the blocking list pursuant to Article 15.3 of the Federal Law "On Information, Information Technology, and the Protection of Information." This law regulates the procedure for restricting access to websites containing calls for mass unrest and extremist activity.
HRW is headquartered in the United States. The organization claims to monitor human rights violations worldwide and is funded by individuals and foundations. Its name translates as "Human Rights Monitoring."
HRW was founded in 1978 under the name Helsinki Watch. Its goal was to monitor the USSR's compliance with the 1975 Helsinki Accords.
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