Russian human rights council calls to investigate violations of rights at unlawful rallies
Earlier, head of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Valery Fadeev informed that he had received complaints of arrests of journalists during the unsanctioned rallies
MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. The Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights is calling on law enforcement bodies to carry out inquiries into all cases of violations of rights of journalists and participants of unsanctioned rallies held on January 23 and 31, the statement by the council published on its website on Friday informs.
"The Council offers to start holding official inquiries of all documented cases of violations of rights of journalists, participants of protest rallies and law enforcement officers, and if there are legal grounds for it, to launch criminal proceedings. According to our information, such inquiries have already been launched on a number of incidents," the statement says.