Memorial (human rights group)
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Memorial is a prominent Russian human rights organization known for documenting Soviet-era political repression and advocating for civil liberties and historical memory.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Memorial | 0 |
| Memorial Human Rights Centre | 2 |
| Memorial (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society) | 1 |
| Memorial society | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human rights organization
ⓘ
non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| archivesLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Peace Prize
ⓘ
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ |
| co-recipientOf | 2022 Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ |
| co-recipientWith |
Ales Bialiatski
ⓘ
Center for Civil Liberties ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Soviet-era history
ⓘ
civil liberties ⓘ documentation of political repression ⓘ historical memory ⓘ human rights ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Gulag system
ⓘ
Soviet political repression ⓘ Stalinist purges ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
| foundedInPoliticalContext | perestroika ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| hasMission | defend human rights and preserve the memory of political repression victims ⓘ |
| hasPart |
International Memorial
ⓘ
Memorial (human rights group) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Memorial Human Rights Centre
|
| headquartersLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
| ideology | human rights advocacy ⓘ |
| inception | 1989 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for civil liberties
ⓘ
defense of political prisoners ⓘ documenting Soviet-era political repression ⓘ preservation of historical memory ⓘ |
| legalStatusInRussia |
foreign agent
ⓘ
liquidated by court decision ⓘ |
| liquidationDecisionYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| NobelPeacePrizeYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
archives of Soviet-era crimes
ⓘ
documentation of victims of political repression ⓘ educational programs on historical memory ⓘ human rights monitoring reports ⓘ lists of political prisoners ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
former Soviet Union
|
| opposes |
political repression in contemporary Russia
ⓘ
rehabilitation of Stalinism ⓘ |
| SakharovPrizeYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| typeOfNonprofit | advocacy organization ⓘ |
| website | https://memo.ru ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Memorial (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society)
subject surface form:
Memorial
this entity surface form:
Memorial Human Rights Centre
this entity surface form:
Memorial Human Rights Centre
this entity surface form:
Memorial society