Brussels, 23/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 23 October, MEPs strongly condemned the Russian Ministry of Justice's appeal to the Supreme Court to close down the human rights organisation Memorial, the 2009 Sakharov prize-winner. In a joint resolution (adopted by 529 votes in favour, 57 against and 34 abstentions), they therefore call on “the Ministry of Justice to withdraw its lawsuit before the scheduled hearing” planned on 13 November 2014. They state that “Memorial plays a...