Russia: 'Foreign Agents' Law Hits Hundreds of NGOs: Updated July 21, 2014
July 21, 2014
July 21, 2014
WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Introduction
In early March 2013 the Russian government launched an unprecedented, nationwide campaign (http://www.hrw.org/node/115058/section/7) of inspections of thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to identify advocacy groups the government deems "foreign (http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/04/24/laws-attrition) agents" (http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/04/24/laws-attr . . .
Introduction
In early March 2013 the Russian government launched an unprecedented, nationwide campaign (http://www.hrw.org/node/115058/section/7) of inspections of thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to identify advocacy groups the government deems "foreign (http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/04/24/laws-attrition) agents" (http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/04/24/laws-attr . . .