Russia Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Human rights=== {{Main|Human rights in Russia}} [[File:Protest against the invasion of Ukraine (Yekaterinburg, February 24, 2022).jpg|thumb|Following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022, [[Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present)|anti-war protests]] broke out across Russia. The protests have been met with widespread repression, leading to about 15,000 people being arrested.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shevchenko |first=Vitaliy |date=15 March 2022 |title=Ukraine war: Protester exposes cracks in Kremlin's war message |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60749064 |access-date=3 April 2022 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>]] Violations of [[human rights in Russia]] have been increasingly criticised by leading democracy and [[human rights group]]s. In particular, [[Amnesty International]] and [[Human Rights Watch]] say that Russia is not democratic and allows few political rights and civil liberties to its citizens.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/russian-federation/ |title=Russian Federation |publisher=[[Amnesty International]] |access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia/russia |title=Russia |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> Since 2004, [[Freedom House]] has ranked Russia as "not free" in its ''[[Freedom in the World]]'' survey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2021 |title=Russia: Freedom in the World 2021 |publisher=[[Freedom House]] |access-date=20 November 2021 }}</ref> Since 2011, the [[Economist Intelligence Unit]] has ranked Russia as an "authoritarian regime" in its [[Democracy Index]], ranking it 144th out of 167 countries in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 February 2024 |title=Where democracy is most at risk |url=https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2024/02/14/four-lessons-from-the-2023-democracy-index |access-date=2024-02-15 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> In regards to [[media freedom in Russia|media freedom]], Russia was ranked 155th out of 180 countries in [[Reporters Without Borders]]' [[Press Freedom Index]] for 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rsf.org/en/russia |title=Russia |work=[[Reporters Without Borders]] |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> The Russian government has been widely criticised by political dissidents and [[Human rights defender|human rights activists]] for [[Elections in Russia|unfair elections]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Simmons |first=Ann M. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-opposition-candidates-struggle-to-make-a-mark-in-election-11631886631 |title=In Russia's Election, Putin's Opponents Are Seeing Double |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=18 September 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> crackdowns on [[Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia|opposition political parties and protests]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Kramer |first=Andrew E. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/world/europe/putin-navalny-russian-opposition-crackdown.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/world/europe/putin-navalny-russian-opposition-crackdown.html |archive-date=28 December 2021 |url-access=limited |title=In Shadow of Navalny Case, What's Left of the Russian Opposition? |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 June 2021 |access-date=24 November 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Seddon |first=Max |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e8889644-051c-41f6-a991-6a32091e5c54 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/e8889644-051c-41f6-a991-6a32091e5c54 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Russian crackdown brings pro-Navalny protests to halt |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=13 February 2021 |access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> [[Russian undesirable organizations law|persecution of non-governmental organisations]] and enforced suppression and [[List of journalists killed in Russia|killings of independent journalists]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Goncharenko |first=Roman |url=https://www.dw.com/en/ngos-in-russia-battered-but-unbowed/a-41459467 |title=NGOs in Russia: Battered, but unbowed |work=[[DW News]]|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=21 November 2017 |access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Yaffa |first=Joshua |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-victims-of-putins-crackdown-on-the-press |title=The Victims of Putin's Crackdown On The Press |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=7 September 2021 |access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Simon|first=Scott|title=Why Do Russian Journalists Keep Falling?|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/04/21/604497554/why-do-russian-journalists-keep-falling|date=21 April 2018|work=[[NPR]]|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref> and [[Censorship in the Russian Federation|censorship]] of mass media and [[Internet censorship in Russia|internet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/18/russia-growing-internet-isolation-control-censorship |title=Russia: Growing Internet Isolation, Control, Censorship |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |date=18 June 2020 |access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> Muslims, especially [[Salafi movement|Salafis]], have faced persecution in Russia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Herszenhorn |first=David M. |date=1 July 2015 |title=Russia Sees a Threat in Its Converts to Islam |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/world/russia-sees-a-threat-in-its-converts-to-islam.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150704162736/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/world/russia-sees-a-threat-in-its-converts-to-islam.html?_r=0 |archive-date=4 July 2015 |issn=0362-4331|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 April 2021 |title=U.S. Report Says Russia Among 'Worst Violators' Of Religious Freedom |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-worst-violators-religious-freedom-report-iran-turkmenistan/31215737.html |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |language=en}}</ref> To quash the [[insurgency in the North Caucasus]], Russian authorities have been accused of indiscriminate killings,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clancy Chassay |date=19 September 2009 |title=Russian killings and kidnaps extend dirty war in Ingushetia |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/20/ingushetia-dirty-war-russia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221117075517/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/20/ingushetia-dirty-war-russia |archive-date=17 November 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> arrests, forced disappearances, and torture of civilians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DENIS SOKOLOV |date=20 August 2016 |title=Putin's Savage War Against Russia's 'New Muslims' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/putin-savage-war-against-russia-new-muslims-490783 |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=[[Newsweek]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=🇷🇺Ingushetia: A second Chechnya? l People and Power |date=13 October 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_kHz8bhMFc&t=504s |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |language=en}}</ref> In [[Dagestan]], some Salafis along with facing government harassment based on their appearance, have had their homes blown up in counterinsurgency operations.<ref>{{Citation |title=Russia's Invisible War: Crackdown on Salafi Muslims in Dagestan |date=17 June 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfjsgSiBkZQ |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |language=en |access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Associated Press]] |date=25 November 2015 |title=Russian Crackdown on Muslims Fuels Exodus to IS |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/russian-crackdown-on-muslims-fuels-exodus-to-islamic-state/3073139.html |website=[[Voice of America]] |language=en}}</ref> Chechens and [[Ingush people|Ingush]] in [[Russian prisons]] reportedly take more abuse than other ethnic groups.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mairbek Vatchagaev |date=9 April 2015 |title=Abuse of Chechens and Ingush in Russian Prisons Creates Legions of Enemies |url=https://jamestown.org/program/abuse-of-chechens-and-ingush-in-russian-prisons-creates-legions-of-enemies-2/ |website=[[Jamestown Foundation]]}}</ref> During the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia has set up [[Russian filtration camps for Ukrainians|filtration camps]] where many Ukrainians are subjected to abuses and forcibly sent to Russia; the camps have been compared to [[Filtration camp system in Chechnya|those used in the Chechen Wars]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marquise Francis |date=7 April 2022 |title=What are Russian 'filtration camps'? |url=https://news.yahoo.com/what-are-russian-filtration-camps-194643731.html |website=[[Yahoo! News]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Katie Bo Lillis, Kylie Atwood and Natasha Bertrand |title=Russia is depopulating parts of eastern Ukraine, forcibly removing thousands into remote parts of Russia |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/politics/ukraine-filtration-camps-forcibly-remove-russia/index.html |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=[[CNN]]|date=26 May 2022 }}</ref> Political repression also increased following the start of the invasion, with [[Russian 2022 war censorship laws|laws adopted]] that establish punishments for "discrediting" the armed forces.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weir |first1=Fred |title=In Russia, critiquing the Ukraine war could land you in prison |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2022/1205/In-Russia-critiquing-the-Ukraine-war-could-land-you-in-prison |work=CSMonitor.com |date=5 December 2022}}</ref> Russia has introduced several restrictions on [[LGBT rights in Russia|LGBT rights]], including a 2020 ban on same-sex marriage and the designation of LGBT+ organisations such as the [[Russian LGBT Network]] as "[[foreign agent]]s".<ref>{{cite web | title=Russia, Homophobia and the Battle for 'Traditional Values' | website=Human Rights Watch | date=17 May 2023 | url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/17/russia-homophobia-and-battle-traditional-values | access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russia passes law banning 'LGBT propaganda' among adults |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/24/russia-passes-law-banning-lgbt-propaganda-adults |website=The Guardian |date=24 November 2022 |access-date=11 August 2023 |last1=Sauer |first1=Pjotr }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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