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Amnesty International human rights situation in the world
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Yesterday, a leading human rights organization Amnesty International has submitted an annual report on the situation of human rights in the world. In Russia, human rights activists note the constant increase in the number of protesters and believed that "the Government still does not understand how to properly respond to them", restricting freedom of Assembly and arresting activists.
Massive street protests have become common to most of the world, said the report "human rights in the contemporary world-2012" by Amnesty International. "Last year, the authorities did not interfere with the decision of problems. Policy answer protests or cruelty or indifference. Authorities around the world must show that they are able to control the situation by legal methods ", is said in the appeal of the Secretary-General of the Organization of Salil Shetty. A total of Amnesty International's report covers the situation of v155 countries including Russia, where in December 2011, continued mass protests.
"It is clear that citizens ' dissatisfaction in itself no longer fades away," says Director of Amnesty International's Europe and Central Asia, John Dalhejsen. After the inauguration of Vladimir Putin, he said, from the Russian authorities to "make every effort to respect human rights in the country", but they don't. In particular, the RUSSIAN FEDERATION continued to be violated the right to freedom of Assembly. According to Amnesty, after the parliamentary elections of 4 December across the country have arrested more than 1 thousand. protesters, about 100 of them were sentenced to administrative arrest. According to human rights activists, they have an alarming response from the Russian legislators to rally: "the State Duma this week a Bill to increase penalties for organizing unsanctioned rallies, but we are concerned at the initiative of organizing actions for those who previously had administrative responsibility".
Despite the lifting of criminal prosecution for libel, in the Russian Federation has not improved the situation with freedom of speech. According to the report, "authorities often arbitrarily applied the law to combat extremism in order to exert pressure on its critics". "Journalists continue to face threats and attacks for the article," noted in Amnesty International. So far remain unsolved murder of December 15, 2011, the editor of the Daghestan newspaper "draft" Hadžimurada Kamalov and brutal attack on journalist Oleg Kashin "Ъ" in November 2010.
According to Amnesty International, in the Russian Federation was unable to fully carry out the police reform. "After the adoption of the law" on police "there continued to be reports of torture and ill-treatment," the report says. However, human rights activists, the positive development in this area has been the emergence of the Special Investigation Department, which is responsible for investigating criminal cases against officials of the Ministry of internal affairs.
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