Russian human rights activists under pressure

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Friends of us, human rights activists from Murmansk, Russia, who are also involved to the Nuclear Heritage Network, joined actions, projects and contributed practically to our international anti-nuclear work, are currently faced to pressure by authorities. Their organization "Humanistic Youth Movement" (GDM) is accused to act as "foreign agent" as they receive funding from abroad and their activities are considered "political" by the prosecutor. This status would cause the closure of the organization as it is practically impossible to continue work with that label. The case was forced by the Russian secret service FSB, although in an earlier inspection by the Ministry of Justice the final reports stated there was no indication to consider GDM a "foreign agent". On July 8, 2014 they will have the public hearing in the Murmansk District Court.

In Germany, a solidarity campaign has been started to spread the word about the case, and also to support other concerned NGOs in Russia like Ecodefense which was declared a "foreign agent" in the middle of June. We also want to collect money to support the legal costs like lawyers, court costs and fines that these NGOs are posed to. Please support our Russian friends with solidarity statements, articles or financial contributions.

bank account: Spenden & Aktionen
purpose: "Soli Russland"
IBAN: DE29 5139 0000 0092 8818 06
BIC: VBMHDE5FXXX
bank: Volksbank Mittelhessen

Humanistic Youth Movement

At the end of May it became public that a lawsuit has been filed against the Murmansk human rights organization "Humanistic Youth Movement" (GDM - Гуманистическое движение молодежи). The Russian secret service FSB, formerly known as KGB, had observed the NGO, ordered a scientific expertise to analyse articles in their magazine and demanded the local prosecution to initiate the case against the activists.