An action of writing letters to Russian political prisoners was held in Moscow
Press Release, 27.01.2023
On 26 January , and action of writing letters to political prisoners was held at the central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow. This time 311 letters were written to 63 political prisoners. The actions lasted three hours. More than 60 people were present, they wrote words of support for political prisoners, told their news to those kept in pre-trial detention centers and penal colonies, those who were not afraid to speak up and were under investigation for this, those who have been separated from relatives and friends.
During the action, the participants recited poems by political prisoners and their own, and a young musical group played. Speeches were made by Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko Andrei Morev, former candidates for Moscow municipal deputies from the party Lilia Manikhina, Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno, and other Yabloko and civil activists.
The organisers of the action at Yabloko would like to thank the Politzekinfo project for their help in holding the event.
Yabloko also informs all citizens that they can come to the central office of Yabloko in Moscow (Pyatnitskaya, 31 bldg 2) on any day, take postcards at the counter at the entrance and send them to political prisoners on their own.
Posted: January 27th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.