Russia activists to appeal NGO law to Europe rights court

[JURIST] Russia's new NGO law [materials, in Russian] went into effect on Tuesday, and activists have vowed to challenge it. The law requires Russian NGOs financed from abroad and involved in political activity to be registered as foreign agents [RAPSI report]. Some activists are already in the process of appealing [Reuters report] to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] over the law. According to Mikhail Fedotov, the head of Russian Presidential Council for Human Rights [official website,...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/11/russia-activists-to-appeal-ngo-law-to-europe-rights-court.php

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