{"id":2218,"date":"2013-02-28T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardcore-hodgkin.138-201-31-57.plesk.page\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T11:50:19","slug":"266-%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b5-%cf%8c%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%b9-%ce%be%ce%ad%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%b9-%cf%80%cf%81%ce%ac%ce%ba%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%b5%cf%82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcr.gr\/en\/news\/item\/266-%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b5-%cf%8c%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%b9-%ce%be%ce%ad%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%b9-%cf%80%cf%81%ce%ac%ce%ba%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%b5%cf%82\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are All Foreign Agents!"},"content":{"rendered":"

28\/02\/2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GCR, in siding with ECRE, also supports the Russian NGOs defying the new law obliging organisations receiving foreign funding to identify themselves as \u201cforeign agents\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Controversial changes to the law on NGOs came into force in Russia on 21 November 2012, meaning that any NGO engaging in \u201cpolitical activity\u201d and receiving foreign funding can be asked to register on a database of \u201cforeign agents\u201d. Any materials distributed by such NGOs, including in the media and on the internet, have to be accompanied by a reference to their foreign agent status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Furthermore, the applicants say that the term \u2018Foreign Agent\u2019 has very negative connotations in Russia due to its association with the word \u2018spy\u2019 in the Russian language, which will therefore affect their reputations and their ability to function effectively. The lack of clear definition of \u2018political activity\u2019 in the Russian legislation is also contested as it is believed that it could lead to the arbitrary application of the law by the authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philip Leach, Director of EHRAC has said, \u201cThis is a very repressive law which directly threatens the integrity and the activities of Russian NGOs which play an absolutely vital role in scrutinising and monitoring the State. We urge the Strasbourg Court to move quickly to strike it down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oleg Orlov, Memorial\u2019s chairman, said that accepting the \u201cforeign agent\u201d label would so undermine public trust that rights advocates would no longer be able to carry out essential work. Memorial has refused to reject current foreign funded grants as this would mean they would have to drop important human rights related activities, including taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2009, Memorial received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by the European Parliament to individuals or organisations that have made an important contribution to the fight for human rights or democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new law seriously compromises the ability of Russian human rights activists to carry out their essential work and GCR stands with these organisations against this stigmatisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n