Russian Law Talks 2 – ‘Gender and Protest’ recording now available!
The seminar ‘Russian Law Talks 2 – Gender and Protest’ was held on the 8th of March 2021.
The original description of the event:
Since 2011 Russians are back on the streets expressing their opinion of the regime and protesting its new laws and measures. The authorities have chosen the path of criminalization of the protest activities which increased the number of arrests and introduced harsher punishments for using the constitutionally guaranteed right of the freedom of assembly. Since the Pussy Riot’s anti-Putin prayer, women have become increasingly visible in the protests.
OVD-INFO, an independent media project that monitors protests in the Russian Federation, upon the request of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, created a special report on women’s participation in the protests. A team of experts and scholars will be discussing the report and wider issues related to gender and protest in Russia on 8 March 2021 at 14.00-16.00 EET (Helsinki).
Main presentation:
Denis Shedov and Natalia Smirnova, OVD INFO
Violations of the Right to Peaceful Assembly for Women and Girls in Russia from 2010 to 2020. A Report for the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
Discussion:
Olga Zeveleva, University of Helsinki
Aleksandra Rumyantseva, Centre for Advanced Governance, Russia
Andrei Semenov, Yale Macmillan Center, Yale University
Dmitry Kurnosov, Carlsberg Fellow, University of Helsinki
Watch the seminar here:
https://www2.helsinki.fi/fi/unitube/video/a04fd5ab-f3cb-4895-bd4a-415a962860d7