2008 Red Square demonstration

thumb|Photo of the 2008 Red Square demonstration thumb|Photo of 2008 red Square demonstration The 2008 Red Square demonstration was a political demonstration that took place on August 24, 2008, at the Lobnoe Mesto in Moscow, Russia, in reference to the 1968 Red Square demonstration. The demonstration involved seven protesters unfurling a banner with the slogan For Your Freedom And Ours (Russian: За вашу и нашу свободу),http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/25/europe/25russia.4.php Red Square protest echoes 1968 Gerald Tribune Sophia Kishkovsky August 25, 2008 August 31, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080913165452/http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/25/europe/25russia.4.php 13 September 2008 live before police arrived at the scene several minutes later. The police officers detained several protesters and spectators, and tried to destroy all record of the event. Historic context The demonstration was a reference to the 1968 Red Square demonstration, in which seven Russians protested against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia (see Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia).«За вашу и нашу свободу!» Нью Таймс, 25 Августа 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080829160726/http://newtimes.ru/news/2008-08-25/2008-08-25-3/ 2008-08-29 Мумин Шакиров. За нашу и вашу свободу! Svoboda News, 24.08.08 The 2008 demonstration was organized to express the sentiment that the Russian Federation had reverted to such Soviet customs, an impression fueled by the inconsistency of official notices published in the media during the Russo-Georgian War.Youth Human Rights, 24 августа 2008 года Events and aftermath At noon on 24 August 2008, the protesters unfurled a banner reading For Our Freedom And Yours, and began to shout that slogan.Юлия Башинова: Смеешь выйти на площадь? After several minutes, they started explaining their views to spectators, distributing notices, and answering questions. The basic views of the protesters included the following: Political imprisonment has restarted in Russia Elections have not been prudent Love for country has been substituted with love for its leaders The freedom that was created in 1968 is being suppressed today; it is still dangerous to express one's own opinion, and even bloggers are prosecuted. One police officer subsequently approached the protesters and requested that they leave the area. The protesters complied and began walking along the Red square along with the officer; other officers subsequently joined the group. The protesters handed the banner to the police officers and left the Red Square; only three of them, Dmitroshkin, Zboroshenko and Ninenko, were detained, along with several spectators who took pictures and recorded videos of the event. These pictures and videos were destroyed, and one camera was reported to have been broken by the police. Four journalists were amongst the detained spectators, namely Elena Kostyuchenko (Елена Костюченко), from newspaper Novaya Gazeta («Новая газета»); Ivan Rusayev (Иван Русаев), from newspaper Vedomosti («Ведомости»); Dmitriy Borko (Дмитрий Борко), from Grani-TV («Грани-ТВ»); and Dmitriy Shibayev (Дмитрий Шибаев), from newspaper New Times («Нъю Таймс»). The detained individuals were sent to the Kitai-gorod police department, where the police officer major Selishev (Селищев) dealt with them. At 12:20pm, all the journalists were released except Kostuchenko, who insisted that the police officers state officially that they had broken her camera. The actions of detained persons were classified as "violation of rules of public events" (article 20.2 of the Offences Code of Russia, "not following the rules of proceedings of a public protest"). References External links http://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/309835.html Гражданские активисты отметили "юбилей" протеста против ввода советских войск в Чехословакию Новая Газета И. Васюнин Е. Костюченко А. Кондрашёва 28 August 2008 31 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080829203446/http://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/309835.html 2008-08-29 dead http://www.svobodanews.ru/Article/2008/08/24/20080824151843650.html За вашу и нашу свободу! Радио Свобода Мумин Шакиров 24 August 2008 31 August 2008 http://newtimes.ru/news/2008-08-25/2008-08-25-3/ За вашу и нашу свободу! «Нью Таймс» 25 August 2008 31 August 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080829160726/http://newtimes.ru/news/2008-08-25/2008-08-25-3/ 29 August 2008 http://www.rfi.fr/acturu/articles/104/article_1118.asp "За вашу и нашу свободу!". Москва. 40 лет спустя Радио Франс Интернасиональ Россия / Права человека 24 August 2008 31 August 2008 http://www.mhg.ru/smi/B9A3D22 Восемь человек задержаны во время акции протеста на Красной площади Московская Хельсинкская группа МХГ В СМИ 25 August 2008 31 August 2008 http://www.7kanal.com/news.php3?id=251705 За нашу и вашу свободу Седьмой канал 25 August 2008 31 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110524111640/http://www.7kanal.com/news.php3?id=251705 24 May 2011 dead dmy-all http://www.izbrannoe.ru/44038.html Милиция задержала участников пикета "День рождения свободы" на Красной площади Избранное 25 August 2008 31 August 2008 https://archive.today/20130417031139/http://www.izbrannoe.ru/44038.html 17 April 2013 dead dmy-all http://grani.ru/Politics/Russia/m.140483.html Оппозиционные активисты провели акцию протеста на Красной площади Грани.Ру 25 August 2008 31 August 2008 На Красной площади запретили собираться, NEWSmsk.com. Семь человек на Красной площади сказали "нет" танкам России в Грузии - трое задержаны NEWSru, 24 августа 2008 года. Правозащитники удивляются, почему на Красной площади нельзя провести мирную акцию протеста, Интерфакс Российские правозащитники протестуют против задержания в воскресенье на Красной площади группы молодых людей, Эхо Москвы. Video http://grani-tv.ru/entries/443/ (Грани-ТВ), in Russian https://web.archive.org/web/20080922203915/http://piter.indymedia.ru/node/5195, in Russian Russian version wikinews:ru:Демонстрация 24 августа 2008 года Category:Political controversies in Russia Category:Protests in Russia Category:Human rights abuses in Russia Category:Russian democracy movements Category:Anti-war protests in Russia Category:2008 in Russia Category:2008 protests Category:2008 in Moscow Category:Red Square