Memorial is an international human rights organisation, founded in Russia during the fall of the Soviet Union to study and examine the human rights violations and other crimes committed under Joseph Stalin's reign. Subsequently, it expanded the... Wikipedia
Founders: Andreĭ Sakharov, Lev Ponomaryov, and Svetlana Gannushkina
Founded: January 28, 1989
Awards: Nobel Peace Prize
Chairman of the HRC Council: Alexander Cherkasov
Co-chairmen: Jan Raczynski, Oleg Orlov
Purpose: Human rights group