(ANSA) – ROME, APRIL 09 – “We will not give up”: the Russian authorities “are deeply mistaken if they believe that by closing our office in Moscow they will interrupt our work of documenting and reporting human rights violations.
We continue undaunted to work to ensure that people in Russia can enjoy their human rights without discrimination. We will redouble our efforts to denounce the sensational violations of human rights by Russia, both at home and abroad. ”Thus Agnès Callamard, general secretary of Amnesty International, replies to the closure of the local office by Moscow.
“We will never stop fighting for the release of prisoners of conscience unjustly detained for defending human rights – he adds -. We will continue to defend the ability of independent journalism to report real facts, free from the intervention of the Russian government. We will continue to work tirelessly. to ensure that all those responsible for committing serious human rights violations, in Russia, Ukraine or Syria, are held accountable for them. Put simply, we will never give up. ” (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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