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The SOVA Center presented annual reports on freedom of conscience and unlawful anti-extremism
On March 24, 2011, the Independent Press Center hosted a presentation of two reports by the SOVA Center on the events of 2010: “Illegal application of anti-extremist legislation in 2010” and “Problems of implementing freedom of conscience in 2010.”
The press conference was attended by Maria Rozalskaya (SOVA, author of the report on “unlawful anti-extremism”), Olga Sibireva (SOVA, author of the report on freedom of conscience), Alexander Verkhovsky (SOVA, editor of both reports and director of the Center) and Ravil Akhmetgaliev (AGORA Association, lawyer).
A report on unlawful anti-extremism was published on Polit.ru .
Responses in the press:
Laws to combat extremism are increasingly used to suppress freedom of speech in the media and the Internet // Ekho Moskvy. 2011. March 24.
How extremists are made. The authorities often use anti-extremist legislation to neutralize their critics // Radio Liberty. 2011. March 24.
The SOVA Center presented a report on the unlawful application of anti-extremist legislation // Novaya Gazeta. 2011. March 24.
The SOVA Center presented a report on the unlawful application of anti-extremist legislation // From a perspective. 2011. March 25.
The SOVA Center presented annual reports on freedom of conscience and unlawful anti-extremism // News.bcm. 2011. March 25.
O. Gerasimenko, D. Zakharov. How to become an extremist // Kommersant Power. 2011. No. 13 (917). April, 4.