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Moscow Helsinki Group

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$750,000Active Strategy

2011 (Duration 4 years)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA — This MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions will enable Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) to obtain additional office space in Moscow, thereby providing security and stability for the non-profit. MHG is Russia's oldest human rights advocacy group, founded in May 1976 by a group of activists to monitor the USSR's observance of its human rights obligations. Closed down by the authorities during 1982-1989, today MHG continues to play a leading role in the Russian human rights movement, conducting advocacy, publicizing violations, publishing reports, collaborating with a national network of human rights groups, and training human rights activists and government officials.
$400,000Active Strategy

2009 (Inactive Grant)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA — To strengthen the human rights movement by monitoring human rights in Russia and to continue development of a regional monitoring network (over two years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Moscow Helsinki Group $1,150,000 between 2009 and 2012.

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