Archive for 'Judiciary'
Court upheld Yabloko’s claim and obliged Territorial Electoral Commission No 37 in St. Petersburg to appoint the party representative member of a precinct electoral commission instead of sending him to the army
Press Release, 15.03.2024 Photo by Alexander Kazakov, Kommersant On 14 March, the Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg upheld the claim of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party to invalidate the decision of Territorial Electoral Commission No. 37. On 12 March, the commission refused to appoint Yabloko representative Alexander Kirsanov as a […]
Posted: March 15th, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024.
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Anna Cherepanova asks the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Federal Penitentiary Service and the Commissioner for Human Rights to check reports on violations in women’s colonies
Press Release 7.03.2024 Photo: Prisoners in Women’s Penal Colony No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Altai Territory / Photo by Andrei Lukovsky, Kommersant Anna Cherepanova, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Novgorod City Duma, sent complaints to the Public Prosecutor General’s Office, the leadership of the Federal Penitentiary […]
Posted: March 7th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Gender Faction, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko supporter Svetlana Marina was found guilty of repeated discrediting of the army and sentenced to forced labour
Press Release, 1.03.2024 Based on the publications in the Telegram channel of the Kirov branch of Yabloko Photo: Svetlana Marina / Photo by the Kirov branch of Yabloko Today, on 1 March, the Pervomaysky District Court of Kirov found Yabloko supporter Svetlana Marina guilty under the article of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of […]
Posted: March 4th, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A court in Tatarstan fined Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Tatarstan Yabloko, 25,000 roubles for a single picket demanding that the body of Alexei Navalny be given to his relatives
Press Release, 26.02.2024 Based on the publications in the Telegram channel of the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / A screenshot from the video made by the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan fined Ruslan Zinatullin 25,000 roubles under Article 20.2 part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses […]
Posted: March 4th, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The sentence to human rights defender Oleg Orlov is repressive and must be overturned
Statement by the Yabloko party, 27.02.2024 Photo: Human rights defender Oleg Orlov at the hearings of the Golovinsky Court in Moscow, 27 Febraury, 2024 / Photo by Pavel Bednyakov, RIA Novosti The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko expresses protest against the conviction and imprisonment of human rights defender and one of the founders of the […]
Posted: February 27th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Alexander Shishlov, spoke about the need for a ceasefire and expressed condolences to Navalny’s relatives during a briefing for faction leaders
Press Release, 21.02.2024 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg At the traditional briefing of faction leaders, which is held after each meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the head of the Yabloko faction, Alexander Shishlov, spoke not about the agenda of the meeting, […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Police drew up a violation report against Yabloko Federal Bureau member Alexander Yefimov for “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 20.02.2024 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by Yabloko Press Service Alexander Yefimov is charged with giving an interview to the movement of independent election observers Golos, which authorities consider to be part of the international non-governmental organisation European Network of Election Monitoring Organisations (ENEMO). In 2021, the organisation was declared undesirable in Russia.
Posted: February 21st, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko supporter in Tatarstan Zulfiya Sitdikova will be tried for “justifying Nazism” and “discrediting the army”. She needs help
Press Release, 13.02.2024 Photo: Zulfiya Sitdikova / Photo from social media UPDATE: 13 February, 19:50 Moscow time. Fundraising for Zulfiya Sitdikova is closed! We thank everyone who helped the Yabloko activist. Yabloko activist Zulfiya Sitdikova from Kazan, Tatarstan, is accused of “rehabilitating Nazism” (Article 354.1, Part 3 of the Criminal Code) and “discrediting the army” […]
Posted: February 13th, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg about fines due to his “foreign agent” status: We have collected comprehensive evidence of my innocence
Press Release 6.02.2024 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov regional branch of Yabloko On 5 February, the Pskov City Court fined Lev Shlosberg, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, three times for distributing materials without a “foreign agency” tag ( Article 19.34, Part 4, of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian […]
Posted: February 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The court did not confirm the inaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which ignores the extremist statements made by MP Gurulyov about the “rotten” 20 per cent of population who disagree with Putin and must be destroyed
Press Release 6.02.2024 Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” On 5 February, the Izmailovsky Court of Moscow refused to recognise as illegal the inaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which did not find extremism in the calls of State Duma deputy, General Andrei Gurulyov about the “rotten” […]
Posted: February 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko again defends in court the city forest from developers
Press Release, 1.02.2024 Photo: The Chelyabinsk City Forest / Photo by Alexander Sapozhnikov, Wikimedia The Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk began considering the claim of the regional branch of the Yabloko party against the administration of Chelyabinsk. Yabloko is represented in court by Andrei Talevlin, environmentalist, Deputy Chairman of the Chelyabinsk Yabloko and member of […]
Posted: February 1st, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stop creeping re-Stalinization
Resolution by the 22nd Yabloko Congress adopted on 10.12.2023, published on 26.01.2024 Photo by Yevgeny Odinokov, RIA Novosti The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko is worried and draws attention to the campaign unfolding in Russia to justify the Great Terror and its inspirer, Joseph Stalin. Against the background of the ongoing loss of human lives […]
Posted: January 26th, 2024 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Stop political repression! Freedom for political prisoners!
Resolution by the 22nd Yabloko Congress adopted on 10.12.2023, published on 25.01.2024 After the start of a special military operation and the adoption of laws punishing for “discrediting of the army” and “fake news” (essentially, the laws on military censorship), political repression against the dissent in Russia intensified.
Posted: January 25th, 2024 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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The court declared illegal the “raider takeover” of the St. Petersburg branch of the All-Russian Society for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage. Yabloko lawyers represented the interests of society in court
Press Release, 15.01.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky (centre) / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg declared illegal the “raider takeover” of the regional branch of VOOPIiK (All-Russian Society for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage). The court challenging the legality of the “conference”, which “elected” the current management […]
Posted: January 18th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko fined for publishing and distributing the newspaper “I Am For Peace!”
Press Release, 15.01.2024 Photo: Police at the office of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko confiscate part of the circulation of the newspaper “I Am For Peace!”, August 2023 / Photo by the regional branch of the party The Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko was fined 200,000 roubles for publishing the newspaper “I Am For […]
Posted: January 16th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“More human lives will be broken.” Nikolai Rybakov on the Supreme Court’s decision on LGBT
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 1.12.2023 Illustration: “Two Women Running on the Beach” by Pablo Picasso, 1922 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, recognised the LGBT movement as extremist and banned its activities in the country. The decision took effect immediately. The ideology and practices of […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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The Ministry of Justice upends common sense
Maxim Kruglov’s Telegram blog post, 1.12.2023 Vladimir Kara-Murza had a trial today: the Ministry of Justice believes that he, Vladimir Kara-Murza, should provide them with a special report on his activities as a “foreign agent” once a quarter. Straight from the punitive isolation ward: [he must] download a special form from the website, fill it […]
Posted: December 4th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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A court hearing on extending the preventive measure for Yabloko member Vasily Neustroyev to be held on 4 December
Press Release, 30.11.2023 Photo: Vasily Neustroyev / Photo from social media On Monday, 4 December, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow will hold a hearing on extending the preventive measure against Vasily Neustroyev, a Yabloko member. Neustroyev should take part in the hearing personally, so should be brought to court from the detention centre – […]
Posted: December 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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To abolish persecution of citizens with alternative sexual orientations and gender identities
Statement by the Yabloko Party Gender Faction, 29.11.2023 On 17 November, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court demanding that an “International LGBT Public Movement” be recognised as an extremist organization and banned. The Gender Faction of the Yabloko party believes that this lawsuit by the Ministry of Justice is a […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Gender Faction, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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The administration of the VKontakte social media blocked the page of the Yabloko Federal Bureau member Alexander Yefimov by the decision of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office
Press Release, 29.11.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov’s page on VKontakte, if accessed without a VPN running “User blocked. This material; has been blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation by the decision of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office No 27-31-2023/Treb198-23 of 28.04.2023. Alexander Yefimov’s page on the VKontakte social media was blocked without warning from […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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