Russia: Government Designates Human Rights Watch “Undesirable”

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 2010. © REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (Berlin, November 28, 2025) – Russia’s designation of Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable” foreign organization, made public by the Ministry of Justice on November 28, is yet another mark of the Kremlin’s repression, Human Rights Watch said today. The designation bans the organization’s work in Russia.“For over three decades, Human Rights Watch’s work on post-Soviet Russia has pressed the government to uphold human rights and freedoms,” said Philippe Bolopion, executive…

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