Delegates from Russian MAY 6TH COMMITTEE speaking at DtRtP Conference

**Delegates from the MAY 6TH COMMITTEE to speak at our National Conference**

We are very pleased to announce that delegates from the May 6^th Committee will also be speaking at our National Conference ‘Austerity, Injustice and the Power of Protest’ on Sunday 14th October.

The May 6th Сommittee has been established by individuals, social and political activists to support the demonstrators arrested during mass pro-democracy manifestation on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow the May 6^th 2012. The defendants are charged with taking part in what Russian authorities call “disorder”.

For more information on the May 6^th Committee see:

http://6may.org/en/o-komitete/about-us/

Isabelle Makgoeva (member of May 6^th Committee) on the prisoners of May 6th:

http://chtodelat.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/isabelle-makgoeva-what-else-have-you-learned-to-ignore-on-the-prisoners-of-may-6/

Articles on the May 6th demonstration:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/06/vladimir-putin-presidency-violent-protests-moscow

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/world/europe/at-moscow-rally-arrests-and-violence.html?_r=0