The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko organised a picket in memory of victims of political reprisals
Press Release, 31.10.2020
On 31 October, a memorial picket was held at the monument to the victims of political reprisals in Rostov-on-Don. The picket was timed to the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Reprisals, one of the picket applicants was the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko. Activists pay tribute not only to the victims of Stalin’s Great Terror of 1937-1938, but also to today’s political prisoners from Rosov-on-Don.
The picketers held placards dedicated to the defendants in the “Rostov case” (so-called “the Rostov boys case” when three students went on a picket to defend the rights of the victims of arson but were accused of “mass riots” an got long term imprisonment terms) and prisoner of conscience Anastasia Shevchenko who was the first person in modern Russia to have a criminal case brought against her on the charges of participation in an “undesirable” organisation under the Russian Federation law.
At the end of the event, the picketers laid flowers at the memorial to the victims of political reprisals.
Posted: November 2nd, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.