domingo, 1 de agosto de 2010

Russian rights activist Alexeyeva hopes for authorized March of Dissent

Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a Russian human rights activist and head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, said she will try to receive the authorities' permit for the next March of Dissent.
"We will try to coordinate future rallies [on Triumfalnaya Square in downtown Moscow] with authorities. But you see that now such rallies are suppressed," she told journalists.
An estimated 200 protesters turned out for an unauthorized March of Dissent rally in downtown Moscow on Saturday, and 75 were hauled away in police vehicles.
Police grabbed Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister, and Sergei Udaltsov, leader of the Leftist Front opposition group.
Moscow city authorities have regularly turned down requests from Russian opposition groups to stage March of Dissent rallies.
RIA Novosti