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Canadian lawmakers adopted a law, according to which those who will wear masks during mass demonstrations will be imprisoned for 10 years informs the ‘Toronto Sun’.

This legislative novelty gives a right to sentence to imprisonment those demonstrators who participate in demonstrations with covered faces. It should be noted that this law is in force only for non-sanctioned demonstrations. By the idea of the author of the draft law such kind of a limitation will not decrease the rights of the participants of peaceful demonstrations and will help the authorities investigate spontaneous cases of demonstrations and disorders and bring the ringleaders accountable.

Local human rights organizations consider this initiative of the lawmaker as a violation of the right to stay anonymous. Those who oppose the new law stated that the fact that a person doesn’t want to show his face does not make him a criminal. Now the disputable legal document has to be adopted in the Senate.

This nationwide ban is the derivative of the so called ‘Bill No 78’ adopted in the area of Quebec, which bans wearing masks during any mass events. Besides that, the law severely reduces arranging events and demonstration near educational institutions and without the prior agreement with the state bodies. ‘Bill No 78’ was adopted during the attempts to terminate the disorder in the streets, which started as a result of the intention of the authorities to increase education fees in Quebec.

To add, education fees in Quebec today are the lowest in the North America.