UK condemns deteriorating human rights situation in Russia

[Sofia]

https://observatoryihr.org/news/uk-condemns-deteriorating-human-rights-situation-in-russia/

 

Neil Bush, the Head of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), used his speech to the Permanent Council to deny Russia’s deteriorating human rights situation.

“The 2017 ruling of the Russian Supreme Court, which rejected the appeal against the decision to categorise Jehovah’s Witnesses as “extremists”, criminalised the peaceful worship of 175,000 Russian citizens and contravened the right to religious freedom that is enshrined in the Russian Constitution, and in multiple OSCE commitments.”

 

This visible diplomatic salvo against Russia highlights the growing concern of the international communities over human rights abuse and the Kremlin’s impunity to change.