- press the "star", if you are against political repressions in Russia: https://github.com/developers-against-repressions/case-212

- upvote this post

- share the post with your colleagues

Thank you very much!

If you want to sign the letter (basically, it says that all political repressions in Russia must be stopped):

- add yourself to signed/1.txt (the format is "<name> | <role>, <company>", e.g. "John Doe | Software Engineer, Google")

- OR create a file in the "signed" directory with any name (more complex - better) and put any number of people in the format described above

and send the corresponding pull-request.

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This summer was crazy in Russia. Almost all (let's say 95%) independent politicians were not allowed to participate in local elections for NO legal reason. That is why people were protesting a lot (in a non-violent way!). Several thousand protesters were detained for NO legal reason, and some of them (~10-20) are at risk of getting several-year sentences for nothing. There are software developers among them as well and one of them has already been sentenced for FOUR YEARS FOR REPEATEDLY TAKING PART IN THREE NON-VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS. Literally.

More reading:

- About protests in general: https://www.rferl.org/a/how-a-local-vote-rocked-russia-moscow-election-caps-summer-of-discontent/30150471.html

- Four years for nothing: https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-for-repeatedly-taking-part-in-unsanctioned-protests/30148730.html

- At risk of 3 years for nothing: https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-case-ustinovprominent-russians-protest-repression/30171770.html