One-person picketing against broadening of the competence
of secret services was conducted by the Federation Council
(the upper chamber of the Russian parliament) as the latter
had to examine the draft law today on July 19. Artur Grokhovsky,
Advisor to YABLOKO’s Chairman, was holding a huge placard
(1.5 x 1 meters) picturing Felix Dzerzhinsky, the head of
the KGB, Lavrenty Beria, Stalin’s closest accomplice standing
behind mass-scale reprisals and Vladimir Putin with an inscription
“The KGB men are for it!”.
This time, unlike in the previous one-person picketing by
the State Duma (the lower chamber of the parliament) when
YABLOKO’s activists were arrested despite the fact that on-person
picketing do not require any notifications or permits from
the authorities, the police and the officers of security service
by the Federation Council behaved correctly. Two policemen
met Grokhovsky half-way from the metro station to the Federation
Council building and accompanied Grokhovsky to the place of
picketing.
YABLOKO conducted several actions in front of the State Duma
building when the draft was examined in the three readings
required to pas the draft to the upper chamber. Then YABLOKO’s
activists were taken to the police station and have been facing
charges of violation of the administrative law.
Also YABLOKO has been conducting collection of signatures
against broadening of proxies of the Federal Security Service.
Already over 2,600 people signed the petition by now.
See also:
YABLOKO’s activists
convicted for a one-person picket against the new law on secret
services. Press Release. July 15, 2010
Sergei Mitrokhin: President
crossed out the course towards modernisation. Press Release.
July 15, 2010
Judge sends the cases of
young YABLOKO activists to additional investigation. Press
Release,
July 14, 2010.
Young YABLOKO activists are
facing 15 days of arrest. Press Release. July 9, 2010
Activists of the Youth YABLOKO
enchained themselves with handcuffs by the Russian parliament
protesting against the new security service law. Press Release.
July 9, 2010.
YABLOKO
Against Boradening of Proxies of Secret Services
Human
Rights
Overcoming Stalin's
Legacy
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