Archive for 'Human Rights'
Never again! Yabloko honored the memory of the victims of the siege of Leningrad during the World War 2.
Press Release, 27.01.2023 On 27 January, on the anniversary of lifting of the siege of Leningrad, the leaders of the Yabloko party laid flowers at the Piskarevsky Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Boris Vishnevsky, Coordinator of the Federal Political Committee Alexander Shishlov, member of the Federal Political […]
Posted: January 27th, 2023 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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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 […]
Posted: January 27th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group means abandoning the priority of human rights in Russia”
Press Release, 27.01.2023 Photo: Valery Borshchyov, Co-Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group / Photo by Kristina Kormilitsyna, Kommersant The Moscow City Court, on false “grounds” made up by the Ministry of Justice, decided to liquidate the oldest human rights organisation in Russia – the Moscow Helsinki Group, established in 1976. Co-Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki […]
Posted: January 27th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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The pro-government majority in the Karelian parliament does not consider nuclear war propaganda dangerous
Press Release, 26.01.2023 Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia The parliamentary pro-government majority of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia rejected the draft federal initiative of the Yabloko faction envisaging criminal penalties for propaganda of nuclear war. The meeting of the Karelian Legislative Assembly was […]
Posted: January 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Court of Cassation recognised that the Chelyabinsk Yabloko was right in a dispute with the Mayor’s Office about holding a rally “For Peace”
Press Release, 25.01.2023 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo from the personal archive On 25 January, the Seventh Court of Cassation dismissed the complaint of the Chelyabinsk Mayor’s Office against the decision of the regional court. The decision remains in force: the refusal of the city administration to the Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko […]
Posted: January 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Nadezhda Azhgikhina on the future of journalism in Russia and the world
Press Release, 26.01.2023 On 25 January, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “What will journalism be like in Russia and in the world?” by Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Ph.D. in Philology, member of the Executive Committee of Article 19, an international non-profit organisation protecting and promoting freedom of expression and freedom of information throughout the […]
Posted: January 26th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The parliament of St. Petersburg refused to consider Yabloko’s bill on a ban on nuclear war propaganda
Press Release, 25.01.2023 Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg The parliamentary majority of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg excluded from the agenda the draft federal initiative of the Yabloko faction envisaging criminal penalties for propaganda of nuclear war. This happened at the plenary meeting on Wednesday, 25 January. 35 […]
Posted: January 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will hold the first in 2023 actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners
Press Release, 24.01.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service This week and early next week, the Yabloko party’s central office and offices of the regional branches of the party will host the first in 2023 actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners. Yabloko traditionally invites all Russian citizens who would like to send a […]
Posted: January 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko raised 624,000 roubles for political prisoners at a charity auction
Press Release, 25.01.2023 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 January, the Yabloko party held a charity auction in support of eight Russian political prisoners: 31 lots from Russian politicians, journalists and cultural figures were put up for auction. The total amount of the funds raised, including redeemed lots and voluntary donations, amounted to […]
Posted: January 25th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“This is political persecution. The goal is very simple – to intimidate everyone. Deputy Сhairman of Yabloko on the trial of the artist Alexandra Skochilenko
Press Release, 20.01.2023 Photo: Alexandra Skochilenko at the trial with lawyers / Photo by Boris Vishnevsky The criminal case of the St. Petersburg artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who is accused of spreading “fake news” about the army, must be closed, and she should be acquitted. This was stated by the Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, […]
Posted: January 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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The Pskov Regional Court upheld the decision of the court of a lower instance, did not apply to the Constitutional Court and did not satisfy Svetlana Vasilkova’s complaint
Press Release, 20.01.2023 Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service On 20 January, the administrative board of the Pskov Regional Court considered the appeal of Svetlana Vasilkova, head of the Pustoshkinsky district elected from Yabloko, about the early termination of her powers by the district assembly of deputies. The deputies of […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by Nadezhda Azhgikhina on the future of journalism in Russia and the world
Press Release, 20.01.2023 Photo: Nadezhda Azhgikhina On 25 January, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “What will journalism be like in Russia and in the world?” by Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Ph.D. in Philology, member of the Executive Committee of Article 19, an international non-profit organisation protecting and promoting freedom of expression and freedom of […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Magnitogorsk branch of Yabloko struggles for the return of a free speech zone to the city
Press Release, 20.01.2023 Photo: The inscriptions run: Magnitogorsk. The right to a protest. Let’s return “hyde park” to the centre of the city. The Chelyabinsk Region Court accepted the claim of Kira Belaya, Chairwoman of the Magnitogorsk local branch of Yabloko, against the Government of the Chelyabinsk Region on the return of a “hyde park” […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Bow to the memory of these people and say it again: people, give up revenge”. Yabloko honoured the memory of the murdered lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova
Press Release, 19.01.2023 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service On 19 January, Yabloko leaders and activists in Moscow once again met at Prechistenka 3 to honour the memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were killed by neo-Nazis 14 years ago. Yabloko founder Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman Ivan […]
Posted: January 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko proposes to introduce criminal penalties for propaganda of nuclear war
Press Release, 18.01.2023 Photo: Gas masks at a school in Pripyat, an abandoned city in the Chernobyl zone / Photo by Alexander Vedernikov, Kommersant Yabloko MP Artur Gaiduk submitted to the Pskov Regional Assembly a draft federal law on criminal liability for public calls for the use of nuclear weapons and propaganda for their use. […]
Posted: January 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The 80th anniversary of the breaking of the siege of Leningrad during the Second World War. Yabloko leaders paid tribute to the victims
Press Release, 18.01.2023 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 18 January, the 80th anniversary of the breaking of the siege of Leningrad during the Second World War, the leaders of the Yabloko party in St. Petersburg and Moscow paid tribute to the memory of the victims. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov […]
Posted: January 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko invites all Russian citizens to the participation in the action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 18.01.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 21 January the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko will conduct an action of writing letters to Rusisan political prisoners. Everyone is invited to participate. The action will start at 17:00.
Posted: January 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will hold an auction in support of political prisoners
Press Release, 17.01.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 January, Yabloko will host an annual charity auction in support of political prisoners. The guests of the party office in Moscow and the viewers of the YouTube broadcast will be offered 19 lots provided by well-known Russian politicians, journalists and artists. All the funds […]
Posted: January 18th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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“A number of laws need to be repealed, just in their entirety.” New laws were added to the Register of Repressive Laws of the Russian Federation
Press Release, 17.01.2023 Photo by Emin Jafarov / Kommersant The Yabloko party has prepared a third, updated version of the Register of Repressive Laws in the Russian Federation, which has been maintained by Yabloko experts since 2019. Today it includes 62 legal acts: federal and regional laws, as well as presidential decrees. The criteria for […]
Posted: January 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko activists will lay flowers at the site of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova
Press Release, 17.01.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 19 January, leaders and activists of the Yabloko party will lay flowers at the site of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, at Prechistenka 3 in Moscow. Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova were shot dead by neo-Nazis from the Combat Organization […]
Posted: January 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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