The human rights organization’s report analyzes how the Russian authorities are targeting those who condemn the extended war against Ukraine, and examines the laws and practices used to suppress the anti-war movement in Russia.
The report states, that most of the people persecuted in Russia for their anti-war stance were fined. On the other hand, 2307 of them were arrested.
More than 150 people were prosecuted for spreading so-called “fake news” about the Russian army, as well as “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian armed forces.
The human rights organization calls on the Russian authorities to release all those convicted for their anti-war stance and to abolish the repressive laws.
“Amnesty International” cites the targeting of Russian human rights defender Oleg Orlov, who faces up to three years in prison for “slandering” the Russian army, as one of the examples of repression.
70-year-old Orlov is one of the leaders of the banned human rights organization “Memorials” in Russia.
“Russia is moving backwards. We left communist totalitarianism behind, but now we are back to a different kind of totalitarianism. I call it fascism,” in an interview with Reuters says Orlov.
“If this regime persists much longer, Russia faces a long, slow decline, falling behind the rest of the world. Russia has already been thrown out of the 21st century, not even into the 20th, but rather into the 19th.”
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2023-07-20 14:32:23
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