Given the increasing restrictions and rigorous approval procedures for the exercise of freedom of assembly in various parts of the globe, one-person pickets often remain the only available form of voicing one’s opinion. This is the case of Russia, where citizens use solo protests as an opportunity to join together: they can take turns or stand at a distance from one another, forming a ‘group one-person picket’. These realities pose an interesting question: are such group solo protests characterised as freedom of expression or assembly? Through examining the legal nature of solo protests in the practice of international human rights bodies, this article aims to reveal a deeper understanding of the two freedoms involved and the interplay between them.

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探索集会自由与言论自由之间的相互作用：俄罗斯单独纠察队的案例

鉴于全球各地对行使集会自由的限制和严格的批准程序越来越多，单人纠察队通常仍然是表达个人意见的唯一可用形式。这就是俄罗斯的情况，那里的公民将单独抗议作为联合起来的机会：他们可以轮流或彼此保持一定距离，形成“团体单人纠察队”。这些现实提出了一个有趣的问题：这种团体单独抗议是否被称为言论自由或集会自由？通过考察国际人权机构实践中单独抗议的法律性质，本文旨在揭示对所涉及的两种自由及其相互作用的更深入理解。