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Russia: YouTube must do more to protect free speech Image by StockSnap on Pixabay Today, YouTube restored content that led to the SmartVote project, an initiative set up by prominent Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, following media outcry that the takedown could have been politically motivated. ARTICLE 19 calls on YouTube to be far more transparent about its content moderation processes, to provide effective complaints mechanisms in line with its human rights responsibilities and to establish contact points for journalists, activists and other groups at risk.   On 6 May 2021, Youtu...

YouTube Accused of Censoring Navalny Election Initiative Targeting Putin On 5/7/21 at 8:27 AM EDT YouTube has been accused of curbing political opposition in Russia after access was temporarily restricted to links to a project by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny that targeted President Vladimir Putin. As he languishes in prison, the impact that Navalny can make on Putin hangs in the balance, especially after his key lieutenant Leonid Volkov disbanded his political network to pre-empt Russian authorities ruling it an extremist organization. Volkov insisted last week he was still optimistic Navaln...

ALEXEI Navalny is seen on screens via video link during the hearing on Thursday.—Reuters MOSCOW: Alexei Nava­lny’s political network said on Thursday it is disbanding, as the jailed Kremlin critic appeared in court, gaunt and shaven headed, for the first time since ending his hunger strike. During the hearing, which is part of an appeal by Navalny against a defamation sentence imposed in February for insulting a World War II veteran, President Vladimir Putin’s best known domestic opponent said he had started eating again. “I was taken to a bathhouse yesterday... there was a mirror th...

Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny's Network Added To Russian Extremist List Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny's Network Added To Russian Extremist List The move came as Russian police on Friday detained prominent rights lawyer defending the regional network The network of Navalny's regional offices appeared on a list by Russia's financial monitoring service Moscow: Russia on Friday added Alexei Navalny's political network to its database of terrorist and extremist organisations, as Moscow moves closer to shutting down the jailed opposition politician's movement against President Vladimir Putin. ...

Navalny political network disbands ahead of 'extremism' ruling Issued on: 29/04/2021 - 11:14 Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appeared in court via videolink Handout Moscow's Babushkinsky district court press service/AFP 3 min Moscow (AFP) A key aide to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Thursday his organisation was disbanding its national network ahead of a court ruling expected to declare it an extremist organisation. The announcement came as Navalny made his first video appearance in court since ending a hunger strike last week, appe...