Amnesty International is being labeled as an "undesirable" entity, which in practice means that people who cooperate with it risk being punished, potentially with imprisonment.
The Russian authorities are accusing it of supporting Ukraine and encouraging "Russophobia" from its headquarters in London.
Russia's autocratic regime has cracked down hard on civil society over several years, particularly since the major invasion of Ukraine. Amnesty has documented this in regular reports. On the organization's website, it is stated that freedom of expression, assembly, and association in Russia have been severely restricted, and that arbitrary persecution of religious groups, LGBTQ+ people, and other minorities is taking place.
Amnesty is also keeping records of war crimes, civilian deaths, and more in the ongoing war. According to the Central Prosecutor's Office of Russia, the organization is working to "intensify" the war and support "Ukrainian neo-Nazism", which is in line with the Russian government's lies aimed at undermining Ukraine as an independent state.
