Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated Amnesty International as an "undesirable organization," effectively banning the global human rights group from operating in the country, according to a statement released on May 19.

Russian authorities have outlawed Amnesty International as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense.

The Prosecutor General's Office of the aggressor country of russia has declared the international non-governmental human rights organization Amnesty