The Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO states that the
work of human rights activists and independent journalists
in Russia have not become less dangerous for the year since
the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova.
It’s not only because the past year saw new attacks against
human rights.
Nothing changed in the policies of the authorities and the
situation with resentment of dissenting opinions promoted
by the state mass media. State officials have been treating
human rights activists as the enemies of the state, and their
opinion coincides here with that of nationalists and fascists.
Such an attitude of the state to human rights activists demonstrates
that at present Russia is not a law-governed state and, moreover,
it does not try to become such.
The style of work of the law enforcement agencies raises
much concern that the case of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya
Baburova may fall to pieces in the court, as has already happened
with the Anna Politkovskaya case.
Once again we are asserting that the state and the society
will be able to preserve the country and create decent living
standards for its citizens if only they begin regarding Stanislav
Markelov, Anastasiya Baburova, Anna Politkovskaya, Farid Babayev
and Natalya Estemirova as heroes and their deaths as tragedies
which should never happen again.
The Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO also supports
the proposal put forward by human rights activists on erecting
in Moscow a sign or a monument in memory of Stanislav Markelov
and Anastasiya Baburova.
The YABLOKO party will also participate in the public events
that will take place in Moscow tomorrow on one-year anniversary
of death of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova.
Sergei Mitrokhin,
Chair of the YABLOKO party
See also:
Human
Rights
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