Foundation for the Investigation of Communist Crimes

Foundation for the Investigation of Communist Crimes

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organization_name = Foundation for the Investigation of Communist Crimes
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organization_type = Non-profit, Interest group
founded = April 2008 by Mart Laar, Damian von Stauffenberg and Meelis Niinepuu
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fields = Investigation of Communist crimes
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homepage = http://www.communistcrimes.org
The Foundation for the Investigation of Communist Crimes (FICC) is a NGO that gathers facts of Communist crimes and Red terror across the world, finances and supports experts, scholarly research and advises the remaining communist regimes in transformation to democracy. The mission of the foundation is to achieve condemnation of communism as a criminal ideology. [ [http://www.estemb.org/news/aid-1611 estemb.org] ]

FICC was established in April 2008 by Mart Laar [ [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121807494680219349.html The Wall street Journal; August 7, 2008; Page A13] ] Damian von Stauffenberg and Meelis Niinepuu [ [http://www.communistcrimes.org/en/Who-are-we/Organisation communistcrimes.org] ]

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