The Moscow authorities need to designate a special area for peaceful protests, similar to Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park, a Russian human rights defender said on Thursday.
"I don't think it would be a bad idea to create in Moscow an area for rallies and demonstrations, like Hyde Park in London," said Russian Public Chamber member Alexander Brod following a recent police crackdown on an opposition rally in Moscow.
He said Bolotnaya Square in downtown Moscow would be a good location.
"It is in the center of the city but protests there would not disturb normal life," Brod said.
On May 31, Moscow police detained up to 170 people who gathered in the city's Triumfalnaya Square for a March of Dissent rally. Among them were people with disabilities and even a WWII veteran.
MOSCOW, June 3 (RIA Novosti)
