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Arrests have happened in various parts of the country, OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told journalists in Geneva, during a routine briefing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In the Dagestan capital Makhachkala, protests reportedly continued for a second day on Monday, with hundreds of people taking to the streets and clashing with police officers, resulting in dozens of arrests.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe stress that arresting people solely for exercising their rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty<\/strong>,\u201d Ms. Shamdasani said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe call for the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained<\/strong> and for the authorities to abide by their international obligations to respect and ensure the rights to freedom of expression, and of peaceful assembly.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ms. Shamdasani noted that there had been reports of men mistakenly called up despite having no prior military training, and that the authorities had set up a hotline to rectify the situation<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The OHCHR spokesperson also described as \u201cheartbreaking\u201d the widely reported exodus of young men leaving Russia to avoid mobilisation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nWrong call<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n