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Rights group in Russia shuts down amid government crackdown

by Daria Litvinova
| July 19, 2021 12:06 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — A rights group in Russia announced Sunday that it was shutting down, citing fear of prosecution of its members and supporters after Russian authorities blocked its website for allegedly publishing content from an “undesirable” organization.

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