Pavel Chikov about rallies and constitutions

Regarding rallies, you still need to repeat the standards

The Constitution guarantees that citizens of the Russian Federation have the right to gather peacefully, without weapons, to hold meetings, rallies and demonstrations, processions and pickets (Article 31). There are no approvals.

ECHR standards - peaceful meetings are guaranteed if there is no threat to national security and public order. The authorities are not entitled to interfere, suppress, disperse peace meetings, even if they were not notified of their holding.

Moreover, the authorities have the obligation to defend the audience and guarantee the possibility of holding a peaceful meeting, regardless of whether it was agreed whether it was notified or not. The notification is necessary for the authorities precisely for the opportunity to ensure the security of the action.

The illegality of a peaceful protest campaign does not justify the restrictions of the freedom of the meeting.

From the point of view of the ECHR, where the demonstrators are not involved in acts of violence, it is important that the authorities show tolerance in relation to peaceful meetings of citizens, otherwise the freedom of assembly will be devoid of its essence.

The forced introduction of a de facto permissive procedure for conducting any protest actions in Russia and the practice of accelerations, detentions, the application of violence to participants, subsequent fines and arrests - absolutely and completely contradicts all existing standards and guarantees of freedom of assembly.

(Knowledge of standards will not free you from the claims of the authorities, there are lawyers for this case)

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