MOSCOW — Moscow officials have abruptly withdrawn permission for the annual commemoration of the victims of Stalinist repression that has been held at a memorial stone near the headquarters of the Russian intelligence services since 2007.

The human rights organization that organizes the event said on Friday that city officials had revoked permission, citing “repair and construction work that is threatening to daily life activities” at the site.

Descendants of the victims of Joseph Stalin’s Great Terror and opponents of Soviet repression usually gather for a stark ceremony on Oct. 29, during which they hold votive candles and read aloud the names, ages and professions of those who were killed. In 2017, 5,000 people attended the memorial, which lasted nearly 12 hours, according to news reports.

The event, called “Return of the Names,” has been held near the headquarters of the Federal Security Service on Lubyanka Square, with a microphone set up in front of the Solovetsky Stone from Solovki, one of the first Soviet concentration camps, which was a model for the Gulag prison system.