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Your Excellency, I write to raise our deep concerns in relation to Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine accompanied by large scale clampdown on peaceful anti-war protesters and censorship of independent media in Russia. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and an act of aggression that is a crime under international law. Amnesty International has documented an ongoing pattern of violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian forces in Ukraine, including apparent war crimes such as extrajudicial execution of civilians, indiscriminate attacks on civilians, civilian objects and infrastructure, the use of indiscriminate weapons such as ballistic missiles and the use of banned weapons like cluster munitions. I am very concerned about the ongoing human rights violations in Russia, including the authorities’ unprecedented clampdown on the rights to peaceful assembly, expression and association since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. According to Russian human rights defenders, over 15,000 people have been arrested in the country for peacefully protesting against the invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of administrative and over 30 criminal cases have been initiated against peaceful protesters and dissenting voices under the newly introduced legislation which prohibits “disseminating false information” about and “discrediting” the Russian armed forces. Access to dozens of independent media websites has been arbitrarily blocked by the authorities. Many local and international charity and human rights NGOs and foundations were delisted and closed by Ministry of Justice. I stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and with all those in Russia who peacefully protest against the invasion. I call on the Russian authorities to respect international humanitarian and human rights law, stop aggression against Ukraine and protect civilians. I urge the Russian authorities to abide by their international human rights obligations and Russia’s own Constitution to respect, protect and fulfil the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association in Russia, including by allowing peaceful protests to take place unhindered; releasing all those arbitrarily arrested, peaceful protesters and other dissenting voices, and terminating the unfounded proceedings against them, criminal and administrative; lifting all restrictions on independent media and overturning or amending all laws that overly and arbitrarily restrict these rights. Yours sincerely,
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Do you stand with anti-war protesters in Russia? Join their call of ‘NO TO WAR’ and take action today.

Incredibly brave protesters have taken to the streets across Russia, knowing that they face almost certain arrest, imprisonment, violence and abuse.
Faced with the horrors of the Ukrainian invasion, they stand for humanity, no matter the cost.

At least 15,413 peaceful protesters have been arrested. On 6 March alone, around 5,000 people were detained in 69 cities and over 900 people were detained in 39 cities on 13 March.

Hundreds of children and elderly people have been arrested, some for the simple act of writing ‘NO TO WAR’ in the snow or carrying yellow and blue balloons.

Protesters have been forcibly and often brutally dispersed, and are being prosecuted, alongside independent media who have been censored, closed down and/or blocked, for publicly opposing the invasion of Ukraine. Many local and international charity and human rights NGOs and foundations were delisted and closed by Ministry of Justice.

New laws speedily passed on 4 March introduced amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offences severely limiting the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Hundreds of people across Russia and in occupied Crimea have been charged under these new laws.

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