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According to the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, in connection with the increase in requests from Russians for assistance in leaving Russia in order to obtain refugee abroad, human rights activists are turning to foreign governments with a request to open a humanitarian corridor for residents of the Russian Federation.

According to the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, as a rule, those who want to leave at present are people with low incomes, often with many children, often with disabled family members, who are looking for an opportunity to maintain access to the necessary medicines, a sufficient level of medical care, and receive social support . As the Association noted, many requests are also received from LGBT people: often people do not have visas, passports and are extremely limited in funds.

The Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights also noted that many complain about the impossibility of cross-border financial transactions - people working with foreign clients and partners are actually limited in their ability to work in Russia, this category of people also seeks to leave Russia.

As noted in the Association, many scientists are looking for an opportunity to continue research abroad, to have access to scientific literature and information about discoveries that they cannot receive in time in Russia, most of these scientists do not agree with the current state policy.

As the Association of Russian Lawyers  for Human Rights said, within the framework of the Association's work, questions are often asked related to the philosophical platform of the Association, and among them there is often the topic of whether human civilization has reached a sufficient level of development for the first contact with a highly developed civilization.

Maria Arkhipova (Bast) voiced her attitude to the issue of the uniqueness of human civilization. According to the human rights activist, given that there are trillions and trillions of stars in the Universe, it is illogical to consider ourselves unique, the only living beings. At the same time, the lack of contact from the side of highly developed civilizations, the human rights activist connects with the low level of development of human civilization as a whole, the understanding of the need to respect human rights and freedoms. For example, Russians are more often concerned not with the observance of human rights and freedoms, but with wages, housing services and similar everyday issues, although human rights and freedoms, the level of democracy determine everyday life. The logical connection between the observance of human rights and freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law among Russians is weak. It is important to understand what kind of civilization, if it is highly developed, will come into contact with creatures who have not established logical thinking. It is important to understand that civilization is assessed not individually, not by scientists, not by cosmonauts, but as a whole - in aggregate with all its contradictions and unsolved problems.

Read more about the position of human rights activist Maria Arkhipova (Bast) in the video on the YouTube channel Maria Bast.

According to the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, the term “race” should be excluded from all regulations - from the Constitution of the Russian Federation to by-laws, and they also propose to abandon the term at the international level as outdated and unscientific, since humanity has no different races.

Earlier, the Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany Christine Lambrech took the initiative to abandon the concept of "race" in the German constitution, human rights activists of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights consider this step justified and relevant for all countries and propose to get rid of this nonexistent concept and Russian legislation.

on photo: Christine Lambrech, Facebook

According to human rights defenders of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, initially the use of the term "race" was intended to emphasize the distance from racial ideology, but today the term is outdated and rather indicates the permissibility of racial discrimination in the country by its mere mention in the country's constitution. At the same time, the experts of the Association emphasized, the term “race” should be replaced by a formulation that excludes racism: human rights activists propose a ban on discrimination based on any external difference.

According to the press service of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, over the past 2 months the number of complaints about the blocking of profiles and pages on social networks, with which users do not agree, has increased, especially often people face problems on Facebook.

According to the specialists of the Association of Lawyers of Russia for Human Rights, the recognition of ownership of a profile by a person who has confirmed his account with a passport or other document replacing it is the only logical solution that will protect the rights of the owner. The reason for blocking a profile or a page must be a court decision, the experts of the Association said.

As the Association of Lawyers of Russia for Human Rights said, for many today a page or profile on social networks is part of their private life, part of their professional activity, and blocking without warning is an interference in a person's life, hindering his professional activities, because many profiles and pages exist for more than 10 years, it contains unique information collected by a person or information from an organization, the owner of which is not the person himself, but the owner of a social network, and billions of people on planet Earth are hostages of one owner, and their information is not their property, but is the property of the owner social network. This leads to the fact that the property of billions of people is at the disposal of one person, and gives unlimited power to use and dispose of this information, to make a profit, sometimes not in the interests of the people themselves.

According to the press service of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, on July 05, 2020 the page of human rights activist and chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, Maria Arkhipova (Bast), was blocked on Facebook after posting a publication against racism and intolerance.

According to Maria Arkhipova, Facebook has often begun to block free speech and apparently makes profit from hate campaigns and racism, as it blocks publications against discrimination. According to the human rights activist, earlier it was customary to write off such locks on artificial intelligence errors, but when the locks began to become widespread, this can not be explained by anything other than a Facebook policy aimed at enriching due to discrimination and racism.

According to Maria Arkhipova, the #StopHateForProfit campaign was created by organizations that have long been fighting discrimination and protecting human rights. Campaigners urge businesses and organizations to abandon Facebook ads and not enrich a company that thrives on racism.

According to the press service of the Association of Lawyers of Russia for Human Rights, Maria Arkhipova plans to file a lawsuit in connection with discrimination by Facebook.

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