Ella Pamfilova treats MoJ's claims against HRC "Memorial" as ungrounded

Ella Pamfilova, the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights, has appealed to the Minister of Justice in connection with the inspection of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". According to Ella Pamfilova, some claims against the HRC have not been supported by the facts.

On November 9, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" received the final act of the regular inspection of the organization, carried out since October 5 by the Chief Department for Moscow of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ). According to the human rights defenders, following the outcome of the inspection, the Russian MoJ accused the HRC "Memorial" of "undermining the constitutional order of Russia." The MoJ has also obliged the HRC "Memorial" to eliminate the revealed violations until December 21.

"The findings included in the inspection act on the activities of the organization allegedly 'aimed at undermining the constitutional order of Russia' are to be further substantiated or refuted. Such allegations without serious justification may eventually give rise to the liquidation of interregional public organization 'Memorial', and that is unacceptable in a law-governed state," announces the statement made by Ella Pamfilova.

She has emphasized that the Office of the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights "will take all the necessary actions to protect the HRC from illegal acts, arbitrariness, and administrative pressure."

The Russian Commissioner for Human Rights has emphasized that the "Memorial", being in fact in opposition to the authorities, "never went beyond the law in its harsh statements."

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.