March for free Internet

On July 23, a march for free Internet will be held in Moscow. The procession will take place from 14:00 to 16:00 from the passionate boulevard, 12 on the inside of Petrovsky, Rozhdestvensky, Sretensky Bulvarov to Sakharov Avenue, 12. The Moscow authorities agreed on the action.

The purpose of the march is to protest against violations of constitutional rights to access to information and privacy, against new repressive laws, extrajudicial blocks, persecution of citizens for the exchange of information and a statement of personal opinion. One of the requirements of the march is the resignation of the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov.

On Friday, the State Duma adopted in final reading two new repressive laws - on the regulation of messengers and on the ban on bypassing of locks . After the holidays, it is planned to adopt a law on the censorship of social networks .

The organizers of the march: Parnassus, "Democratic choice", the party on December 5, the Pirate Party of Russia, the "Civil Initiative", the Libertarian Party and Roskomsvobod.

Initially, the Moscow march was declared on July 9, but the authorities banned it, referring to the presidential decree on strengthening security measures in large cities during the FIFA Confederations Cup. In St. Petersburg, the procession for the freedom of the Internet was also not agreed, there a small picket took place on July 16.

The previous street action in defense of the rights of Internet users - a rally against the "Package of Yarovaya" - a year ago collected more than 2600 participants in Sokolniki.