Today YABLOKO activists conducted by the State Duma a series
of one-person pickets against the law on non-profit organisations
and the libel law considerably worsening the situation for
civil society activists. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin who
also participated in the action said that the State Duma should
concentrate on the creation of a commission for investigating
the causes of the tragic flood in the Krasnodar Territory,
rather than consideration of reprisals prone amendments to
the law on non-profit organisations and restoring liability
for libel as a criminal offense.
YABLOKO activists in turn held a banner picturing Adolf Hitler,
Benito Mussolini, Heinrich Himmler, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Lavrenty
Beria and Vladimir Putin with a subscription Amendments to
the law on non-profit organisations. Fascists are for it!
KGB people are for it!
Sergei Mitrokhin also participated in a journalists picket
against the libel law. He drew a placard No to the libel
law at site.
A terrible tragedy [flood taking the lives of many people]
has just happened in our country, but our parliament is messing
with other things, Mitrokhin stressed. He also said that
the reprisals prone amendments to the laws on rallies and
non-profit organisations, censorship in the Internet and return
of article Libel to the Criminal Code are targeted against
opposition, civil society and independent press.
"Obviously, there the systems for ensure safety of citizens
are lacking in the country, and I have personally witnessed
this in Krymsk. Instead of creating a commission for investigation
of the officials failure to timely notify and rescue people
from the flood, the State Duma has been speedily stamping
repressive laws. I think this is a sign of some insanity of
the state, Mitrokhin said.
Earlier, YABLOKO leader had made a statement demanding that
the deputies should postpone all the current issues to the
fall, and immediately set up a parliamentary commission for
investigation of the causes of the flood. The refusal of
the State Duma to create such a commission will be considered
as a manifestation of legislators contempt to life and security
of Russian citizens, ran Mitrokhins statement.
Also simultaneously with YABLOKOs action, representatives
of mass media also held one person pickets by the State Duma
protesting against the libel law. Police warned the protesters
on the inadmissibility of violations, but did not interfere
with carrying out the action.
Today, on the last day of the spring session, the State Duma
is going to adopt in final reading the amendments to the law
on non-profit organisations giving these organisations the
status of foreign agent and returning to the Criminal Code
of a penalty for libel.
More photographs
and a video
See also:
YABLOKO held a series
of one-person pickets against toughening of the law on non-profit
organisations. Press Release, July 6, 2012.
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