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The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the activities of the international human rights organisation Amnesty International, which recently published evidence of Russia’s war crimes against Ukrainian prisoners, “undesirable”. This was reported by the Current Time.
In a statement, the Russian agency said that the organisation’s London headquarters is allegedly a “centre for the preparation of global Russophobic projects” that are “funded by Ukraine’s minions”. Amnesty was also accused of supporting so-called “extremist” organisations and “foreign agents”.
What preceded the ban
In March 2025, Amnesty International released a high-profile report titled “Deafening Silence“, which documented
- Torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war;
- enforced disappearances;
- incommunicado detention – without access to the outside world;
- other forms of inhuman treatment by the Russian Federation.
Human rights activists have concluded that this is tantamount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Amnesty International is one of the most respected international human rights NGOs founded in 1961. The organisation conducts independent research and human rights campaigns around the world.
The decision to ban Amnesty International is part of the Kremlin’s systematic campaign against international human rights defenders who expose Russia’s crimes in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. At the same time, it is an attempt to isolate Russian society from external criticism and hide the realities of the war.
