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Agora asks the UN to protect Telegram
Lawyers from the human rights group Agora, which represents the interests of Telegram, turned to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of speech, David Kaye. As Kommersant writes, they are asking to influence the situation around the messenger in Russia, where the service may be blocked due to the company's refusal to share encryption keys for user correspondence with the FSB.
Lawyer Damir Gainutdinov asks Kaye to recommend to the Russian government "to refrain from expanding the practice of arbitrary interference with the right of citizens to freedom of expression, privacy and anonymity, including online."
Law professor David Kaye received the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur in 2014. He will take part in the case on the forced blocking of Russian media sites and information resources by the authorities, which will be considered by the ECtHR.
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