Saturday 19 August 2017

Russia treating feminists as 'extremists' amid crackdown on dissent

Russia is treating feminists as extremists as part its crackdown on dissident voices, a human rights organisation has warned.

A group of women who travelled to the southwest of the country for a feminist gathering were questioned on two occasions and warned against carrying out “extremist activity”, according to Human Rights Watch.

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