18 December 2012 

Source: HRO.org (info) 

• Moscow City & Region  Human rights defenders  Persecution of activists 

Ludmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva, chair of MHG: "The repression and proceedings against the participants in the events of 6 May on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow are very similar to the preparation of Stalinist show trials in the 1930s. Only the combined efforts of journalists and civil society can stop this from happening." [Read more]