On July 30 YABLOKO to hold a mass meeting “Freedom to Political Prisoners!”
Press Release, July 18, 2013
On July 30 YABLOKO to hold a mass meeting “Freedom to Political Prisoners!”
On July 30, the party “Yabloko” will hold a mass rally in the center of Moscow so that to demand the release of political prisoners.
“Today our country has got two more political prisoners. They are Alexei Navalny and a member of the YABLOKO Pyotr Ofitsrov. The political trial on the Bolotnaya rally case has been still going on. We believe that society must stop snowballing political reprisals, so we are inviting all the citizens to express their protest at the rally which will be held at the Pushkin Square in the centre of Moscow in the evening of July 30,” said YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin.
July 30 is the earliest date for the rally, as according to the law, an application for an event should be submitted to the municipal authorities at least 10 days prior for the event.
Posted: July 19th, 2013 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.