"We will not give in to the threats and will fearlessly continue to work to ensure that people in Russia can enjoy their human rights without discrimination", writes Amnesty International in a press release.
Amnesty is stamped as an "undesirable" entity, which in practice means that people who collaborate with it risk being punished, in the worst case with imprisonment.
The Russian authorities accuse the organization 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 and especially since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine. This has been documented in regular reports by Amnesty. On the organization's website, it is stated that freedom of expression, assembly, and association in Russia have been severely limited and that arbitrary persecution of religious groups, LGBTQI+ individuals, and other minorities is taking place.
Amnesty also keeps records of war crimes, civilian deaths, and more in the ongoing war - something they promise to continue with.
"We will double our efforts to expose Russia's flagrant violations of human rights", writes Amnesty.
