Russia Blocks Website of Group That Tracks Political Arrests

Russia Blocks Website of Group That Tracks Political Arrests
An iPhone screen shows a Telegram account of OVD-Info, a prominent legal aid group in Russia that tracks political arrests in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 25, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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MOSCOW—A Russian organization that tracks political arrests and provides legal aid to detainees said Saturday that government regulators blocked its website, the latest move in a months-long clampdown on independent media and human rights organizations.

OVD-Info reported that Russia’s internet and communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, blocked the group’s website. The organization said in a tweet that it wasn’t formally notified about the decision and doesn’t know the reason for the action beyond that it was ordered by a court outside Moscow on Monday.