UNHCR spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva during a routine briefing that the arrests had taken place in different parts of the country.
In the Dagestan capital, Makhachkala, protests reportedly continued for a second day on Monday, with hundreds of people taking to the streets and clashing with police officers, leading to dozens of arrests.
“We stress that arresting people solely for exercising their rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression is essential.” Arbitrary deprivation of libertyMrs. Shamdasani said.
“We call for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained persons and that the authorities abide by their international obligations to respect and guarantee the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”
wrong call
Ms. Shamdasani noted that there were reports of men He was mistakenly summoned despite having no prior military training, and authorities set up a hotline to rectify the situation.
The spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights also described the mass exodus of young people leaving Russia to avoid mobilization, as “heartbreaking”.
She said international human rights law is very clear that when people want to protest hostilities as conscientious objectors, that must be respected by the authorities.
matter of conscience
“Our main concerns are the need for legality, the need for a lack of arbitrariness and a clear scope for conscientious objection. and an independent review of individual decisions about how to implement mobilization.”
OHCHR said that while the majority of protests were reported to have been peaceful, military and administrative buildings, including recruitment offices, were attacked in several areas, while urging people to “protest peacefully and avoid resorting to violence”.
from San Jose News Bulletin https://sjnewsbulletin.com/discomfort-over-the-arrest-of-the-military-mobilization-demonstrators-global-issues/
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