10/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a declaration dated 10 December, the EU has spoken out against the searching of the offices of the organisation Memorial in St Petersburg on 4 December. The EU calls on the Russian authorities to guarantee the freedom of activity of an organisation whose work and activities honouring the memory of the victims of Stalin's regime and the protection of human rights are internationally recognized and held in high esteem. It also voiced its concern at the fact that...