The detained activists had been holding placards inside the concert venue and collecting signatures

The detained activists had been holding travel south africa placards inside the concert venue and collecting signatures for the 'Demand Dignity' campaign, which aims to end the human rights violations that drive and deepen global poverty. They were trying to raise awareness about human rights and collecting signatures to a petition.  The Amnesty International official concert stall was also shut down.
And while Amnesty International's activists were invited by U2 to join their European leg of their 360° tour , police travel south africa officers ignored the activists protestations that they were there invited and forced them to close their stalls.
Although no-one resisted the police's demands to close down the Amnesty International stall, Amnesty s Moscow office staff member and four volunteers were taken to a local police travel south africa station. They were ordered to provide a written explanation for their actions, issued with an official warning travel south africa for organizing a public action for which no prior official permission had been obtained, and released over an hour later.
Sadly, this is not an isolated incident; rather, it reflects the continuing difficult climate in Russia today for people seeking to express views that the authorities regard as difficult, dissenting or sensitive. Amnesty travel south africa International is concerned that the rights travel south africa to freedom of assembly and freedom travel south africa of expression are restricted in Russia for members of the political opposition and human rights activists; we are also concerned that Russian authorities such disallow such activities unless they take place with their explicit sanction, and crack down hard on those whom they regard as violators.
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It is sad to hear stuff like this. U2 is all about human rights and fighting for equality. Various volunteer groups have been part of U2 shows for the past few years, and to my knowledge the whole 360 Tour (including last year s European and North American leg) have gone without travel south africa any issues. travel south africa And now, coming to Russia for the very first time such an incident has to take place? I guess Russia still has a long way to go .
It is sad to hear stuff like this. U2 is all about human rights and fighting travel south africa for equality. Various volunteer groups have been part of U2 shows for the past few years, and to my knowledge the whole 360 Tour (including last year s European travel south africa and North American leg) have gone without any issues. And now, coming to Russia for the very first time such an incident has to take place? I guess Russia still has a long way to go .
Serves Damn good for the Amnesty Idiots for trying to poke their finger travel south africa in to other countries affairs Why don t you look after your own countries of the west who provides you with donations from blood money ?? Why not look at the HR violations happening in the USA and UK etc ??? I guess your back sides scratch when you see peaceful countries and want to create some trouble !!
Serves Damn good for the Amnesty Idiots for trying to poke their finger in to other countries travel south africa affairs Why don t you look after your own countries of the west who provides you with donations from blood money ?? Why not look at the HR violations happening in the USA and UK etc ??? I guess your back sides scratch when you see peaceful countries and want to create some trouble !!