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Elements of anti-extremism in the tightened law on rallies
June 9, 2012 after publication in Rossiyskaya Gazeta signed on June 8, 2012 by the President of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law of the Russian Federation of June 8, 2012 No. 65-FZ "On the introduction amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses and Federal Law "On meetings, rallies, demonstrations, processions and picketing." Among other things, the adopted law imposes restrictions on organizers of public events. Part 2 Art. 5 existing law supplemented 11, according to which the organizer cannot become " a person who has an unwithdrawn or an outstanding conviction for committing an intentional crime against the fundamentals constitutional order and security of the state or crimes against public safety and public order or two or more times brought to administrative responsibility for administrative offenses under Articles 5.38, 19.3, 20.1 - 20.3, 20.18, 20.29 Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses, during the period when a person is considered subjected to administrative punishment ".
In our opinion, such a restriction for citizens who have a criminal record for a number of crimes against public security and against the foundations of the constitutional order and state security (that is, provided for by Chapters 24 and 29 of the Criminal Code, respectively), looks reasonable. For example, for persons who have a criminal record for such acts as terrorism, banditry, riots, various illegal actions with weapons, rebellion, etc.
We can also understand the meaning of such a restriction for those who have a criminal record for publicly inciting extremist activities, inciting nationality, and so on. hatred and hooliganism, but we have serious complaints about the very wording of these articles of the Criminal Code. We also want to emphasize that a significant number of wrongful sentences are passed under these articles of the Criminal Code, and we fear that victims of the wrongful application of anti-extremist legislation will face even greater loss of rights.
Finally, it is difficult to understand what is the meaning of the loss of rights for persons convicted for the loss of documents containing state secrets, theft of nuclear materials, violation of fire safety rules and similar acts, also included in chapters 24 and 29 of the Criminal Code.
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