Arrests made at Moscow protest for Article 31 - Russia

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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An opposition party supporters gestures as they sit in a police bus after being detained during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Police arresting a young man who was in an unauthorised protest rally in Moscow.

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Russian police arrest an opposition activist during an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow on August 31, 2010.

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Police broke up an Article 31 opposition protest in Moscow and detained around a dozen activists days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed tough action against unsanctioned gatherings. Moscow, Russia. 31/08/2010.

Yesterday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made an announcement that protesters who gather routinely in central Moscow should "have a club on the head," police on Tuesday broke up a crowd of about 2,000 opposition supporters and onlookers and arrested scores of people.

The clash was part of a ritual that has seen demonstrators gather on the 31st day of the month in Triumfalnaya Square to press for the right of free assembly as enshrined in Article 31 of the Russian Constitution.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Riot+police+arrest+dozens+opposition+protest+Moscow/3465426/story.html#ixzz0yHmrREDl

Article 31 - Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to assemble peacefully, without weapons, hold rallies, meetings and demonstrations, marches and pickets.