Petition: HRW condemns Russia's human rights horror since Sochi Olympics

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Overshadowed by the Ukraine conflict next door, President Vladimir Putin's repressive policies are casting another shadow over freedoms in Russia. Urge Secretary of State Kerry to show solidarity with Russia's human rights community and take concrete action against the Kremlin's sweeping crackdown on human rights.

Sign the petition and demand Secretary Kerry to work with the European Union to call for the repeal of Russia's repressive legislation and to support Russia's independent human rights activists.

Petition to Secretary John Kerry

Secretary Kerry,

Acknowledging the staggering challenges of the Ukraine conflict, we cannot afford to ignore the increasingly repressive domestic policies that have restricted the basic human rights of Russia's citizens.

Leading up to the Olympics in February, President Vladimir Putin attempted to improve Russia's human rights profile on the global stage by releasing a few high-profile prisoners and lessening pressure on rights groups. But since the closing ceremony, he has spearheaded the most repressive anti-rights campaign since the fall of the Soviet Union.

http://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.9210131/k.9DF/2014_Fall_Advocacy_Glass_Curtain_TEG/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?msource=SEC201410wr

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Cracking down on media and civil society is bad, but your title seems a bit overdone.

When you put human rights violations and horror in the same sentence, you conjure up visions of mass executions, torture, beheadings, and the like. Not social media outlets having to store their data. Creepy and deplorable? Yes. Horrific? Well, no.

[uhnope]

2. Did you sign HRW's petition

or just split hairs over language of a title?