Russian authorities have outlawed Amnesty International as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense.

Amnesty International was launched in 1961. The group documents and reports human rights violations across the globe and campaigns for release of those it deems unjustly imprisone

Russia has declared the human rights group Amnesty International an undesirable organization, effectively banning its work in the country. The Prosecutor General's Office in Moscow announced on Monday that the organization was a "centre for preparing global Russophobic projects,