Russian Federation: failure to respect human rights while policing peaceful protests

Today, the Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, published a letter addressed to the Minister of Interior of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, regarding the action taken by law enforcement agencies to disperse the largely peaceful protests in Moscow on 27 July 2019, and recommended that the Russian authorities ensure that human rights are respected in the context of policing of assemblies. More...