Russian raids target Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group Memorial

Two Russian police officers stand in front the door of the Memorial office in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The Russian authorities on Tuesday raided homes and offices of multiple human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial that won the Nobel Peace Prize last year. (AP Photo)

Russian authorities have raided the homes and offices of human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial which won the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

The wave of searches, after which police took Memorial activists in for questioning, is part of a sweeping crackdown unleashed by the Kremlin against dissent in recent years, which has intensified after Moscow invaded Ukraine more than a year ago.