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Russia’s Worst Year for Human Rights Since USSR Collapse
Friday, February 1, 2013 0:50
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Human Rights Watch releases 2012 annual report, warning of the steady decline in human rights in Russia after President Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency. Full story: A representative from Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that 2012 was the worst year for human rights in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Human Rights Watch Europe and Central Asia Division Deputy Director Rachel Denber spoke with journalists in Moscow. She says Russia's human rights last year was the worst she could remember in her 20 years of work in the former Soviet Union. [Rachel Denber, Deputy Director, Human Rights Watch Europe and Central Asia Division]: “After the return of Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin, and I would say even before then, not only was the cautious progress towards liberalization of the 'Medvedev-era' liquidated, but in these months, authoritarianism in Russia reached a level unseen in this country's recent history. The foundation of this authoritarian turn was a package of laws adopted by the State Duma. I don't think it's necessary to describe them in detail now, but I will just list them: this is restrictions on the freedom of assembly, restrictions on Internet content, the return of criminal liability for slander—which had been cancelled by Medvedev in the previous months—and this, of course includes the law about so-called foreign agents.” Last summer, shortly after Putin was sworn into office, Russia passed a series of laws branding many rights and …
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