SK: access to unauthorized rallies with children falls under a criminal article

Parents who come to protest shares with their minor children will be prosecuted. This was reported by TASS with reference to the head of the head of the Department of the Investigative Committee for Moscow Andrei Strizhov.

According to him, such actions are qualified by Art. 151.2 of the Criminal Code (involving a minor in committing unlawful actions, which is a danger to his life).

“Take at least a situation with unauthorized rallies when parents bring their young children to them. Such examples were last year. When there is a threat to the life and health of minors, and this is committed by relatives or guardians, that is, people who are obliged to bear responsibility for the life and health of the child, I think we will continue this practice [criminal prosecution], ”says Strizhov.

“Now they remembered this article in connection with rallies because they arrested a woman with a 17-year-old son. The statements that people who bring children to rallies threaten their health are just attempts by authorities to arbitrarily apply force to peaceful demonstrators, ”said Kirill Korotheev, head of the international practice of the international practice of the international practice of the international practice, in a conversation with The Insider.

According to the lawyer of the Human Rights Center “Memorial” Marina Agaltsova, in the fall, shares were planned against amendments to the Constitution, so now it was necessary to scare people.

“The thing is that the article prohibits the presentation and health of the danger of a minor. And what is happening here? Well, they went to a peaceful rally that may be inconsistent. Where do we see here the child’s life is in danger? What, and now you can’t go in the subway? There is also a lot of people. Can't you go to the market with your child? How is the application of this article substantiated? Just because it is unauthorized? Well, so you do not need to beat people with a shock for rallies, and there will be no danger. People usually behave peacefully, do not arrange riots. It seems to me that this is an absolutely unjustified stretching of this article on the fear of people and parents. This is absolutely illegal and more unconstitutional there, ”said Agaltsova.

Last year, the prosecutor's office wanted to deprive the parental and procazes for participation in Moscow protests. However, the courts rejected the claims of the supervisory department.

In 2018, deputies of United Russia introduced a bill to the State Duma under which minors involve minors in unauthorized rallies entails an administrative arrest of up to 15 days and a fine of up to 500 thousand rubles.

A year earlier, the Federation Council planned to prepare a bill on the participation of minors in inconsistent promotions. The speaker of the upper house of parliament Valentina Matvienko suggested thinking about the responsibility of parents for the participation of children in such promotions.