According to the report of National Post, their writings were also subject to be seizure by the police, under the October decision by a court in Krasnodar in Russia, upholding on appeal later.
The basis of execution is Article 13 of Russia’s federal law 114, “On Counteraction of Extremist Activities,” bans the distribution of any material that is aimed at a list of banned goals, including terrorism, subversion of Russian security, the excitation of racial, national or religious strife”and the abasement of national dignity. The result of breaking the law was in seizure of unsold materials, and any organization that did so twice in a year “shall be deprived of the right to carry on publishing activity.” Therefore, David Kilgour and David Matas will be subject to criminal prosecution if they were ever to go to Russia to discuss their investigations of organ harvesting against executed Falun Gong practitioners by Chinese authorities.
The report also mentioned that Kilgour and Matas reports are prohibited in China, but this is the first time another country has taken such a drastic step. Matas said “It is blockading the criticism to China within Russia.”
Neither Kilgour nor Matas showed up in the court in Russia. But Matas wrote to the judge before pronouncing the final result and quibbled “On Counteraction of Extremist Activities should not make a judgment on the quality of their investigation”.
