Russia seizes office of Nobel Peace Prize winner Memorial | DW | 07.10.2022

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The move came hours after the rights group, which was disbanded last year, won the Nobel Peace Prize.The organization had tried, and failed, to stop the court from seizing its headquartersA Russian court on Friday ordered the seizure of the headquarters of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization Memorial.The delivery of the court's decision came hours after the announcement that Memorial had won this year's prestigious award along with Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties."We are grateful to the Nobel Committee for honoring us with this award," Memorial said after failing to stop the Russian judiciary from seizing its office."Memorial — it's a network, it's people, it's a movement," Memorial said, adding that while its work is currently under "heavy pressure," like many other organizations, "it is not possible to forbid memory and freedom.""

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