INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The head of the Russian Committee for the Prevention of Torture said Sunday he had disbanded the organisation after it was branded a
We consider this term an insult and slander," Sergei Babinets said on Telegram, adding that the dissolution of the NGO was decided by its
members on Saturday."Despite the obvious importance of our mission, the authorities have been trying for many years to portray it as foreign
again in 2016, the organisation decided to dissolve itself before reforming to try to shake off the designation.The label "foreign agent",
reminiscent of the Soviet-era "enemy of the people", is used heavily against organisations, the political opposition and journalists accused
of carrying out foreign-funded political activities."Foreign agents" are subject to numerous constraints and tedious procedures, or they
amid a merciless crackdown on critical voices in Russia, particularly since the launch of the military intervention in Ukraine in late
