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.

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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

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Subject: Memorial (human rights group)
Description of subject: Memorial is a prominent Russian human rights organization known for documenting Soviet-era political repression and advocating for civil liberties and historical memory.

Referenced by (7)

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Right Livelihood Award hasLaureate 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)
Memorial (human rights group) hasPart Memorial (human rights group) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Memorial
this entity surface form: Memorial Human Rights Centre
Stalinist repressions memorializedBy Memorial (human rights group)
this entity surface form: Memorial society
Olof Palme Prize hasAwarded Memorial (human rights group)
Homo Homini Award hasRecipient Memorial (human rights group)
this entity surface form: Memorial Human Rights Centre
Olof Palme Memorial Fund hasAwardedTo Memorial (human rights group)
this entity surface form: Memorial (human rights organization)