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A Russian courtroom ordered that Memorial's workplace in Moscow will "develop into state property" on Friday, DW News reported. The order got here hours after the rights group received the Nobel peace prize for the 12 months 2022. The group had been disbanded final 12 months by Russian authorities.

The order implies that the headquarters of the Nobel peace prize-winning human rights group will probably be fully seized. On Friday, Memorial received this 12 months's prestigious peace award together with Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and the Ukrainian Middle for Civil Liberties.

"We're grateful to the Nobel Committee for honoring us with this award," the human rights group stated following the announcement of the Nobel Peace prize.

However in Russia, a consultant of the final prosecutor's workplace accused Memorial of “rehabilitating Nazi criminals and discrediting authorities and making a false picture of the USSR,” DW News stated in its report.

Asserting that the seizure of their workplace is not going to influence their work, the human rights group stated, "Memorial — it is a community, it is folks, it is a motion. Our work is underneath heavy strain like many different organizations. However, it's not attainable to forbid reminiscence and freedom."

Memorial, which was established in 1987, is one among Russia's most extremely regarded human rights organizations. The group has documented among the crimes dedicated underneath the Soviet Union's Stalinist regime, AFP reported.