Stuck_VVN in_PRP a_AT0 provincial_AJ0 prison_NN1 ,_PUN Alexei_NP0 Navalny_NP0 can_VM0 know_VVI at_PRP least_AV0 that_CJT he_PNP is_VBZ not_XX0 forgotten_VVN ._SENT The_AT0 Russian_AJ0 opposition_NN1 leader_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN unjustly_AV0 incarcerated_VVN for_PRP nine_CRD months_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 European_AJ0 Parliament_NN1 on_PRP Wednesday_NP0 awarded_VVD him_PNP the_AT0 Sakharov_NP0 Prize_NN1 for_PRP Freedom_NN1 of_PRF Thought_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 prestigious_AJ0 honor_NN1 for_PRP those_DT0 who_PNQ fight_VVB for_PRP human_AJ0 dignity_NN1 and_CJC against_PRP dictatorship_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 recognition_NN1 should_VM0 keep_VVI attention_NN1 focused_VVN on_PRP Mr._NP0 Navalny_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ was_VBD the_AT0 target_NN1 of_PRF an_AT0 assassination_NN1 attempt_NN1 with_PRP a_AT0 chemical_AJ0 weapon_NN1 last_ORD year_NN1 by_PRP the_AT0 regime_NN1 of_PRF President_NP0 Vladimir_NP0 Putin_NP0 ._SENT Meanwhile_AV0 ,_PUN Mr._NP0 Putin_NP0 's_POS authoritarian_AJ0 system_NN1 grinds_VVZ on_AVP ._SENT The_AT0 latest_AJS attempt_NN1 to_TO0 suppress_VVI an_AT0 independent_AJ0 voice_NN1 is_VBZ one_CRD of_PRF the_AT0 most_AV0 alarming_AJ0 and_CJC fundamental_AJ0 yet_AV0 ,_PUN targeting_VVG the_AT0 Moscow_NP0 human_AJ0 rights_NN2 organization_NN1 Memorial_NN1 ,_PUN founded_VVN in_PRP 1987_CRD to_TO0 protect_VVI the_AT0 memory_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 deaths_NN2 and_CJC misery_NN1 caused_VVN by_PRP Soviet_AJ0 dictator_NN1 Joseph_NP0 Stalin_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC to_TO0 fight_VVI against_PRP abuses_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 present_AJ0 day_NN1 ._SENT Memorial_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT0 conscience_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 past_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 present_NN1 ._SENT On_PRP the_AT0 evening_NN1 of_PRF Oct._NP0 14_CRD ,_PUN Memorial_NN1 sponsored_VVD a_AT0 long-planned_AJ0 screening_NN1 of_PRF Polish_AJ0 director_NN1 Agnieszka_NP0 Holland_NP0 's_POS 2019_CRD historical_AJ0 drama_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Mr._NP0 Jones_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ which_DTQ portrays_VVZ British_AJ0 journalist_NN1 Gareth_NP0 Jones_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ was_VBD the_AT0 first_ORD to_TO0 report_VVI on_PRP the_AT0 Stalin-instigated_AJ0 famine_NN1 in_PRP Ukraine_NP0 in_PRP the_AT0 1930s_CRD ._SENT Because_CJS Memorial_NN1 was_VBD designated_VVN a_AT0 "_PUQ foreign_AJ0 agent_NN1 "_PUQ by_PRP Russian_AJ0 authorities_NN2 in_PRP 2014_CRD ,_PUN it_PNP must_VM0 ask_VVI official_AJ0 permission_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 event_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ was_VBD granted_VVN ._SENT Halfway_AV0 through_PRP the_AT0 screening_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 group_NN1 of_PRF rowdy_AJ0 thugs_NN2 burst_VVD in_AVP and_CJC stood_VVD in_PRP front_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 screen_NN1 ,_PUN disrupting_VVG the_AT0 event_NN1 and_CJC shouting_VVG slurs_NN2 at_PRP the_AT0 audience_NN1 ._SENT Memorial_NN1 called_VVD the_AT0 police_NN2 ._SENT They_PNP arrived_VVD quickly_AV0 —_PUN and_CJC then_AV0 let_VVB the_AT0 thugs_NN2 go_VVB ,_PUN locked_VVD the_AT0 doors_NN2 and_CJC forced_AJ0 Memorial_NN1 's_POS employees_NN2 to_TO0 remain_VVI inside_AV0 for_PRP interrogation_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 police_NN2 only_AV0 left_VVN hours_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN carting_VVG off_AVP Memorial_NN1 's_POS DVR_NP0 ._SENT The_AT0 next_ORD day_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 police_NN2 returned_VVD and_CJC demanded_VVD to_TO0 inspect_VVI documents_NN2 and_CJC confiscated_AJ0 computers_NN2 ._SENT It_PNP was_VBD all_DT0 blatant_AJ0 harassment_NN1 ._SENT Memorial_NN1 was_VBD established_VVN in_PRP the_AT0 age_NN1 of_PRF dissident_AJ0 Andrei_NP0 Sakharov_NP0 and_CJC Mikhail_NP0 Gorbachev_NP0 's_POS early_AJ0 glasnost_NN1 and_CJC perestroika_NN1 ,_PUN when_CJS hopes_NN2 ran_VVD high_AJ0 that_CJT democracy_NN1 would_VM0 take_VVI root_NN1 where_CJS Soviet_AJ0 communism_NN1 had_VHD left_VVN a_AT0 barren_AJ0 landscape_NN1 ._SENT Memorial_NN1 created_VVN and_CJC preserved_VVN a_AT0 remarkable_AJ0 archive_NN1 of_PRF Stalin-era_NN1 repressions_NN2 ._SENT It_PNP also_AV0 has_VHZ defended_VVN people_NN0 against_PRP gross_AJ0 human_AJ0 rights_NN2 violations_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 present_AJ0 day_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 work_NN1 —_PUN documenting_VVG Stalin_NP0 's_POS horrific_AJ0 misdeeds_NN2 and_CJC protecting_VVG against_PRP them_PNP now_AV0 —_PUN discomfits_NP0 Mr._NP0 Putin_NP0 ._SENT 
