Staff blocked from Amnesty Moscow office: employee

The office door of rights group Amnesty International is sealed off in Moscow, Russia, November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Amnesty International, a campaign group which has accused the Kremlin of violating human rights with its bombing campaign in Syria, was evicted from its Moscow office on Wednesday.

The Moscow city government, from which Amnesty leased the premises in the Russian capital's centre, said the group was behind on the rent. But Amnesty said it had documents to prove it was up to date with payments.