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Originally Posted by strombad
It is:
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
Article 19.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. |
Thanks. I find it interesting it is focused mostly on holding an opinion and seeking information.
That tells me it is a right to make information/opinions available to others, but it is not a right to push that information/opinion. So take these rights as such:
Sharing sought after information is a protected right
Protests are not protected
Pushing information through propaganda is not protected
If Pointman is accurate in his description of the laws, then the laws in Russia really doesn't violate human rights since he believes the law is more or less in place to stop people from pushing information.
To me it seems like it would be like a law being put in place here that stops Mormons & JW's from going door to door promoting their religion and stopping them from sharing their religious beliefs with children under 18.
I have no problem with the law if that is indeed how it is intended.
But I do have problems if the laws are abused and used to unlawful imprison or hurt people based on their sexuality.