Archive for 'Human Rights'
Leader of the Vologda branch of Yabloko Nikolai Yegorov fined in a criminal case for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 25.04.2024 Photo: Nikolai Yegorov with his family / Photo from the personal archive The judge of the Veliky Ustyug District Court of the Vologda Region made a decision on 25 April. Nikolai Yegorov, former deputy of the Vologda Legislative Assembly, father of six children and Chairman of the regional branch of the Yabloko […]
Posted: April 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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We don’t hide behind numbers: the Yabloko faction in St.Petersburg city parliament has published income declarations
Press release, 25.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly published their income declarations for 2023. Alexander Shishlov and Boris Vishnevsky insist on the openness of people’s representatives, and therefore do not take advantage of the possibility to report […]
Posted: April 25th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky is challenging in court the decision to include him in the register of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 24.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, sent two administrative claims to the court challenging the decision of the Ministry of Justice to include him in the register of “foreign agents.”
Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Despite tragedies, the State Duma has never adopted amendments to the fire safety law. This follows from the response of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to Yabloko deputy Kruglov
Press Release, 23.04.2024 Photo: Crocus City Hall after a fire as a result of the terrorist attack on 22 March, 2024 / Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant The head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Maxim Kruglov, received a response from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation about the […]
Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov handed over to the State Duma and the Federation Council more than a thousand signatures of citizens in favour of disclosing the incomes of deputies
Press Release, 23.04.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov submitted more than a thousand signatures, as well as individual appeals to each deputy and senator of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation demanding that income and property declarations for 2023 be disclosed and made public. Similar appeals […]
Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko to hold an all-Russian conference on nuclear risks on the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
Press Release, 19.04.2024 Photo from www.istockphoto.com On 24 April, Yabloko will hold an all-Russian conference “Nuclear Technologies and Nuclear Risks in the Modern World”. The event will take place online via Zoom.
Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, History, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will hold a federal environmental peacekeeping campaign “The Peace Bell on Earth Day”
Press Release, 19.04.2024 On 22 April, Earth Day is celebrated around the world. Its goal is to draw attention to environmental and nature issues. Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions will hold environmental and peacekeeping actions dedicated to the International Earth Day: party activists will plant trees during the week, hold community cleanups, and […]
Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko municipal deputies In Kostroma and Seversk illegally deprived of their mandates
Press Release, 19.04.2024 Photo: Vladimir Petrov and Nikolai Sorokin Two municipal deputies from Yabloko – Vladimir Petrov in Seversk, the Tomsk region, and Nikolai Sorokin in Kostroma – were deprived of their mandates. The formal reasons were the demand of the city public prosecutor’s office due to the verdict in a criminal case and “inaccuracies […]
Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites all to participate in the action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 19.04.2024 Photo: the Krasnoyarsk regional branch of the party Yabloko in Moscow and regional branches is preparing regular actions in support of political prisoners. We invite everyone who is not indifferent to the plight of those unjustly deprived of their freedom to join the actions. The organisers promise a friendly atmosphere and everything […]
Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow City Duma once again opposed Sergei Mitrokhin’s proposal to protect the rights of citizens during the development of Moscow
Press Release, 17.04.2024 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin at a meeting with Muscovites / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 17 April, the majority of deputies of the Moscow City Duma ignored Sergei Mitrokhin’s draft appeal to the Moscow Mayor. Mitrokhin demands that Mayor must return to Muscovites their right to get information about construction projects […]
Posted: April 18th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“To pull people back from the abyss of the Russian rebellion.” Participants of the film festival “Another View” discussed a film about “anti-fascists” and “nationalists” in Russia at the beginning of the 2000s
Press Release, 16.04.2024 On 15 April, a screening and discussion of the film “The Key to a Clockwork Orange” (2014) was held at Yabloko. The documentary film by Grigory Grishin and Olga Yakovleva about the phenomenon of war between the youth movements of “anti-fascists” and “nationalists” on the streets of Russia in the 2000s provoked […]
Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko branch in Bashkiria collects humanitarian aid for residents of the Orenburg region affected by flood
Press Release, 16.04.2024 Photo by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia The office of the Yabloko branch in Bashkiria has launched collection of humanitarian aid for flood victims in the Orenburg region. For four days, from Thursday to Sunday, volunteers will accept essential items and food-stuffs. Reception hours: from 13:00 […]
Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Charity, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court fined an official of the Ministry of Education of Udmurtia for ignoring an inquiry on anti-terrorist measures
Press Release, 15.04.2024 Photo by Iya Boronina A court in Izhevsk fined an official of the Ministry of Education of Udmurtia for ignoring an official inquiry from the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina. Boronina’s inquiry to the ministry concerned ensuring anti-terrorist and security measures in schools.
Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko is the only party in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg speaking against censorship of books by “foreign agent” authors
Press Release, 15.04.2024 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant On 15 April, the Standing Commission of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on Education, Culture and Science approved the initiative of State Duma deputies to amend the law “On Librarianship”. Only the head of the Yabloko faction, Alexander Shishlov, spoke out against it.
Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Man is the measure of all things.” The teleplay “Sforza” was shown at Yabloko
Press Release, 15.04.2024 On 11 April, the television play “Sforza” was shown at Yabloko as part of the Another View” festival. The performance by Alexei Zherebtsov, based on the novel-play by Sasha Denisova, takes us to Milan in the 15th century. We find ourselves in the Middle Ages with all its attributes: a ruler behind […]
Posted: April 15th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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NEW WORLD DISORDER
On the collapse of the international order formed after the end of World War II and the risks of a major global conflict Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 12.04.2024 DISINTEGRATION PROCESSES International political developments today show that the previous world order is irreversibly paying its final bow in history. Against the backdrop of an increase in shocks […]
Posted: April 15th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: Freedom for Oleg Orlov and for all other political prisoners
Lev Shlosberg’s Facebook page, 4.04.2024 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ЛЬВОМ МАРКОВИЧЕМ ШЛОСБЕРГОМ ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ЛЬВА МАРКОВИЧА ШЛОСБЕРГА 18+ THE PRESENT MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVITCH SHLOSBERG OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVITCH SHLOSBERG Photo: Oleg Orlov / Photo […]
Posted: April 13th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko appealed to Vladimir Putin to help the flooded regions of Russia
Press Release, 12.04.2024 Photo from social media The corresponding letter was sent on behalf of the Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin and Minister of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov. The leader of Yabloko said that the party considers the disaster in the Orenburg, Kurgan and […]
Posted: April 12th, 2024 under Economy, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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The Krasnoyarsk Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Altai Territory Federal Penitentiary Service: the rights of women prisoners in Siberian colonies are not violated
Press Release, 12.04.2024 Photo: Maria Ponomarenko / Photo from social media In March 2024, Anna Cherepanova, a Yabloko deputy in the Novgorod City Duma, appealed to Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev and Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova with a demand to deal with violations of women’s rights […]
Posted: April 12th, 2024 under Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko hosted a meeting with Svetlana Vasilenko and Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Press Release, 11.04.2024 On 9 April, a meeting with Svetlana Vasilenko and Nadezhda Azhgikhina took place at the central office of the Yabloko party.
Posted: April 11th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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