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Dear Amnesty International,

I have been seeing a lot lately that the russians have not been giving the citizens of
there country proper human rights and I think they should have to change the way the people
are treated in the country. Some of the things that they are doing are beating journalist that are
talking bad about the country. A lot of the reason why the human rights are so bad is because
back when Stalin was in power he would treat his people bad and now when Putin is in power
he treats his people around the same way or even worse. So after what i just said i will be telling
you things I have seen around that Russia has done to there people and that they should have
to change that if they are a true Democracy.
To start off i would like to bring up some of the things they did during the Olympics that
they had held. First they forced over 2000 families to move from where they were to somewhere
else so they could make room for olympic buildings and then a lot of the people lost a lot more
because they had farms there and that was the only way they had to make money. And they
also didn't pay people that much money or none at all to move. Also involving the olympics they
have forced migrant workers to work for them. They had around 70,000 workers work on the
olympic stadiums and other things for the olympics so the workers worked for around 12 hours a
day with a day off once 1 a month and a lot of the time the time the employers don't pay the
works that they had and failed to confiscating the migrants passports. And all the things the
employers where doing was against the Russian law. So with Russia trying to make there
country look amazing for the spectators and participants in the olympics they ruined people's
lives and livelihood to make space for there stadiums and other things. Then making people
work for hours and hours and days on days just to show off is pretty messed to the people
because the work and made no living because they didn't get paid and can't even help there
family.
Also Russia is a terrible place if you are an independent journalist. This is because they
get threats harassment all the time because the country doesnt like being talked about if its in a
bad way. Also they are faced with many lawsuits for what they talk about. Since 1992 about 52
journolist have been killed in Russia for talking about the country. So if they are treating people
like that for how they talk the government they are not a true democracy and human rights
because the people don't have freedom and speech and many other things. Since 1992 about
52 journolist have been killed in Russia for talking about the country.
Russia is not allowing 18 americans coming into the country because America has 18
Russians in sanction because of human rights violations. And the reason why I think they do not
want the Americans people to come in to there country is because they might see some of the
human rights problems they have and they do not want them to be spread back to America so
then other countrys get involved. This is just another thing that Russia is doing to make there
country look bad and make them seem like a bad place to live which it is I think.

The EU is even criticizing the the Russian human rights thinking that they are really big
concerns because they are going against all the laws and other things that they made to make
even be fair and have the same human rights. The reason that they are criticizing them is
because they are arresting protesters that did nothing wrong and where no violent and are still
awaiting court for about a year. Even Russian human rights accuses are talking about how the
changed happen when Putin came back in power he made a clampdown on people around the
country. This is just what the people are saying that the country is doing wrong maybe they just
need a new president.
In Russia the parliament they are trying to make laws that would get people who
promote people to be fine with being homosexuals arrested put in jail or they could get some big
fines. This makes Russia look even worse because they are also stopping people from living
they way they want because they are being threatened with time in jail and or a fine which is
also against human rights policies. So know they are also going to stop human rights supporters
to be stopped and get fines up to 1 million rubles or 20,500 euros. Which is also stupid because
if you are having a calm protest about anything with no violence or anything and or showing
support for peoples human rights you should not be charged or put in jail for that when they
should get nothing for speaking their mind and saying what they want.
This is why I think putin is a bad leader and should be taken out. And should be charged
with human right chargers. This is because he took peoples home and forced people to work
without any pay to build a nice Olympic stadium to impress the rest of the world. Also it is a
terrible place for people who are independent journalist because they get beat and harassed
when they talk about the country and government and a lot of the times they are killed when
they get beat. Last people can not speak there mind about anything or spread things they
believe are right without getting jail time or fines that are a lot of money. That is just some of the
reason why Putin is not giving his people fair human rights.

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