Human rights increasingly disregarded in Russia
Published: Monday, Sep 16th 2024, 20:24
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The human rights situation in Russia is desolate, according to a UN report. Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, everything has become even worse.
According to a UN report, human rights are being increasingly disregarded in Russia. "There is now a structural, state-sponsored system of human rights violations," reports Mariana Katzarova. The Bulgarian was appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation in Russia by the UN Human Rights Council in 2023. According to her report, the system is designed to suppress civil society and political opposition.
Torture in custody
Russia and the "foreign agents"
More and more people are being classified as "foreign agents" - meaning that, according to the Russian view, they are supported or influenced by foreign countries. This considerably restricts their work opportunities and forces many to give up. The law on this dates back to 2012.
By 16 August, 846 individuals and organizations had been labeled as foreign agents, most of them since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. This includes almost 200 media organizations and more than 100 journalists. From 2012 to March 2022, only 336 had been classified as "foreign agents".
German ambassador speaks of barbarism
"President Vladimir Putin's regime has turned Russia into a prison for its own citizens," said the German ambassador in Geneva, Katharina Stasch. "The Special Rapporteur's report makes it clear: opposition members, journalists and dissidents are arbitrarily imprisoned and mistreated in order to stifle any form of freedom of expression. This barbarity must finally come to an end."
Russia is refusing to cooperate with her, Katzarova said.
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