INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A court in the Russian capital purchased the closure of the Moscow Helsinki Group, among Russias most popular and respected human rights
organizations, on Wednesday.Last month, Russias Justice Ministry filed a court order to shut the group down, declaring that it had actually
violated unspecified legal requirements while performing its activities, according to a statement on the groups site
The claim was based on the outcomes of an unscheduled inspection by the Moscow Prosecutors Office, which happened in November, the RBC
company daily reported.According to the court, the groups main offense was that it carried out its activities across Russia despite having
the status of a local company, according to the RBC company daily.The Moscow Helsinki Group was founded in 1976 by a group of Russian
dissidents led by Soviet physicist Yuri Orlov and was called for the landmark 1975 Helsinki Accords on human rights.The organization became
one of the primary civil society systems for exposing human rights abuses in the Soviet Union in addition to, in the future, in Russia.The
Moscow Helsinki Groups activities consisted of sending proposed legislative initiatives to the State Duma, requesting the transfer of those
kept in pre-trial detention to house arrest, requiring an amnesty of prisoners and urging the state to protect journalists
Last year, a Russian court likewise upheld an order dissolving another prominent rights group, Memorial, which was subsequently awarded the
