Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Russia has designated Human Rights Watch as an "undesirable foreign organization," the nation's Ministry of Justice announced Friday.
This decision means the organization, which was founded in 1978, is banned from operating in Russia. HRW is in 78 nations.
"Designating rights groups undesirable is brazen and cynical," Philippe Bolopion, executive director at Human Rights Watch, said in a news release. "It only redoubles our determination to document the Russian authorities' human rights violations and war crimes, and ensure that those responsible are held accountable."
HRW has documented human rights violations in Russia and the military committing war crimes in Ukraine.
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