Russian court shuts down country’s oldest rights group


              Members of the Moscow Helsinki Group and their lawyers talk in the courtroom before a hearing on the lawsuit to liquidate the Moscow Helsinki Group in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The Moscow Helsinki Group is one of the country's oldest human rights organizations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
            
              Members of the Moscow Helsinki Group and their lawyers talk in the courtroom before a hearing on the lawsuit to liquidate the Moscow Helsinki Group in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The Moscow Helsinki Group is one of the country's oldest human rights organizations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
            
              Members of the Moscow Helsinki Group and their lawyers talk in the courtroom before a hearing on the lawsuit to liquidate the Moscow Helsinki Group in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The Moscow Helsinki Group is one of the country's oldest human rights organizations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
            
              Lawyers Mikhail Biryukov, left, and Genri Reznik sit in the courtroom before a hearing on the lawsuit to liquidate the Moscow Helsinki Group in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The Moscow Helsinki Group is one of the country's oldest human rights organizations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
            
              Members of the Moscow Helsinki Group and their lawyers talk with journalists in the courtroom before a hearing on the lawsuit to liquidate the Moscow Helsinki Group in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The Moscow Helsinki Group is one of the country's oldest human rights organizations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian court shuts down country’s oldest rights group