#Russia: Increasingly hostile environment for #NGOs and human rights defenders is unacceptable

UN independent #HumanRights experts express serious concern at the “obstructive, intimidating and stigmatizing effects” brought about by the current implementation in the Russian Federation of the law on ‘non-commercial organizations’ (NCOs), adopted on 21 November 2012 by the Duma. More: http://sm.ohchr.org/ZXGwtD (English) http://sm.ohchr.org/10VeoGv (Russian)

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