Memorial (human rights group)

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human rights organization non-governmental organization

Memorial is a prominent Russian human rights organization known for documenting Soviet-era political repression and advocating for civil liberties and historical memory.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Memorial 0
Memorial Human Rights Centre 2
Memorial (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights 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.

Olof Palme Prize → hasAwarded → Memorial (human rights group) ⓘ
Alternative Nobel Prize → hasLaureate → Memorial (human rights group) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memorial (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society)
Right Livelihood Award → hasLaureate → Memorial (human rights group) ⓘ
Memorial (human rights group) → hasPart → Memorial (human rights group) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Memorial
this entity surface form: Memorial Human Rights Centre
Homo Homini Award → hasRecipient → Memorial (human rights group) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memorial Human Rights Centre
Stalinist repressions → memorializedBy → Memorial (human rights group) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memorial society