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From Human Rights Watch:
“Draconian Law Rammed Through Russian Parliament: Outrageous Provisions to Curb Speech, Privacy, Freedom of Conscience, by Tanya Lokshina Russia Program Director, JUNE 23, 2016

UPDATE (June 24, 2016): The revised bill was finally published on the morning of June 24, the day of the voting. The lawmakers did eliminate the provisions on stripping Russian nationals of their citizenship. The other deeply problematic draft amendments described below remained practically unchanged. At around 12.30 pm the State Duma of the Russian Federation passed the “Yarovaya Law.”

On June 24, its very last day in session before the summer break and the September parliamentary election, the lower chamber of Russia’s parliament is planning a final vote – without any meaningful debate or scrutiny – on a set of legislative amendments that severely undermine freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, and the right to privacy – all allegedly…