Archive for 'Human Rights'
“Deprived of physical freedom, they remain free people inside.” Yabloko held its May actions of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 1.06.2023 The action in Vladivostok In May, Yabloko activists held traditional actions in support of Russian political prisoners. Party members and civil activists exchanged news, recited poems written by political prisoners and read out letters received from political prisoners. In St. Petersburg and Moscow, Yabloko also held small concerts where one could listen […]
Posted: June 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The defenсe of the arrested leader of the Vologda Yabloko Nikolai Yegorov challenged the conclusions of the odious forensic expert
Press Release, 29.05.2023 Photo: Nikolai Yegorov with his family / Photo from social media An investigation against the chairman of the Vologda regional branch of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Yegorov, is underway. The leader of the Bologda Yabloko is charged with “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 of the Criminal Code). According to the […]
Posted: June 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Gender Faction to discuss the National Strategy for Women
Press Release, 31.05.2023 Photo by Goldfinch4ever/Depositphotos.com On 5 June, Yabloko will host a round table of its Gender Faction “The National Strategy for Women for 2023-2030: How to Evaluate?”. Do the quantitative data contained in the document correspond to reality? Does the Strategy really meet the objectives of achieving gender equality? The participants of the […]
Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko candidates for deputies of the City Duma of Yekaterinburg presented their programmes
Press Release, 29.05.2023 Photo: Presentation of the programmes of candidates for deputies from the Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko / Photo by the regional office of the party Last Sunday, candidates for deputies from the Yabloko party launched their election programmes and concepts of their election campaigns, and also answered questions from voters and the […]
Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod Yabloko held a conference of the regional branch. New steering bodies of the branch elected
Press Release, 29.05.2023 Photo: Delegates of the Novgorod Yabloko Conference / Photo by the regional office of Yabloko On 27 May, The Yabloko branch in Novgorod hold a party Conference of the regional branch.
Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The European Court of Human Rights awarded compensation to a Yabloko member in Tatarstan for persecution due to his participation in a peaceful action
Press Release 26.05.2023 Photo: Activists at a peaceful rally against pension reform / Photo from social media In 2018, Yabloko member Nikita Khramov was detained in Kazan for stretching “No to the pension scam” slogan at a September rally against pension reform. Khramov was later fined 10,000 roubles under Article 20.2, Part 5 of the […]
Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Volgograd Region Court upheld the decision on a fine for Yabloko’s Alexander Yefimov under the article of “discrediting the army”
Press Release 25.05.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Volgograd Region Court upheld the decision on a fine for Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party, under the article of “discrediting the army”. Yefimov intends to appeal to a higher court.
Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko to launch programmes of candidates for deputies to the Yekaterinburg City Duma and hold an action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 24.05.2023 On 28 May, The Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko organises an open meeting with potential candidates for deputies of the Yekaterinburg City Duma, who will introduce themselves and their election programmes to the residents of Yekaterinburg. Everyone will have the opportunity to not only listen to the presentations of the candidates, but […]
Posted: May 24th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ulyanovsk branch of Yabloko honoured the memory of Acad. Andrei Sakharov on his birthday
Press Release, 24.05.2023 Photo: Dmitry Gondarenko, Chairman of the Ulyanovsk branch of Yabloko, and Sergei Plyasunov, candidate to member of the party / Photo by the Ulyanovsk regional office of Yabloko On 21 May, Dmitry Gondarenko, Chairman of the Ulyanovsk branch of Yabloko, together with Yabloko supporters, laid flowers at the memorial of the victims […]
Posted: May 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“You can’t even imagine how inspiring is the support from the outside!” Yabloko invites all to its actions of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 23.05.2023 Yabloko will hold actions in support of political prisoners in its offices all over Russia in the coming days. Everyone who would like to help politicians and civil activists who were unjustly convicted or are under investigation is invited to join our actions. Participants of the actions can sign postcards printed by […]
Posted: May 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Supreme Court of Yakutia upheld the sentence to Anatoly Nogovitsyn. Yabloko launches fundraising for the payment of the fine
Press Release, 16.05.2023 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo from social media The Supreme Court of Yakutia upheld the verdict of the City Court of Yakutsk, which sentenced the leader of Yabloko in Yakutia, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, to a 200,000 roubles fine under the criminal article on “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1, of the Criminal […]
Posted: May 16th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“The battlefield demands blood and nothing but blood. But in the 21st century, one cannot follow the bloody footprints of the 20th century.”
Lev Shlosberg gets the Gilel Storch Award for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of humanist values Press Release, 13.05.2023 Photo: Marсus Storch hands to Lev Schlosberg the sculpture of the Gilel Storch Award The Gilel Storch Award for 2023 was extended to Russian politician Lev Shlosberg, member of the Federal Political Committee of the […]
Posted: May 16th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov: The real memory of those who died in the Second World War would be a peaceful sky above us, over all of Europe, over the whole world. And our responsibility is to return it
Press Release, 6.05.2023 On 6 May, on the threashold of Victory Day, Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov, on behalf of all Yabloko members, laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. “When I come to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall, or Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, […]
Posted: May 12th, 2023 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The St. Petersburg City Court sided with Yabloko: a complaint against the investigator who seized Yelena Osipova’s paintings from the Yabloko office will be considered on the merits
Press Release, 10.05.2023 Photo: Yelena Osipova at the opening of the exhibition in the office of the St. Petersburg Yabloko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The complaint of the lawyer of the St. Petersburg Yabloko Andrei Chertkov against the actions of the investigator, who seized the paintings of the artist Yelena Osipova, is […]
Posted: May 11th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko demands that the Moscow Mayor immediately lift the anti-COVID ban on public actions
Press Release, 10.05.2023 The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent a letter to the Mayor’s Office, signed by Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction. On 5 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end of the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted: May 11th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Liberal InternationaI names Vladimir Kara-Murza the 2023 Prize for Freedom Winner and demands his release
Press Release, 8.05.2023 Photo: Meeting of the LI Executive Committee / Photo from the LI web-site Liberal International (LI) announced journalist and public figure Vladimir Kara-Murza the winner of the 2023 Prize for Freedom. LI also adopted a resolution submitted by the Yabloko party demanding the release of Kara-Murza and immediate provision of medical aid […]
Posted: May 10th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family, YABLOKO Sister-parties, Без рубрики.
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“Eternal memory. Endless gratitude. Huge respect”
Press Release, 9.05.2023 On the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Second World War, leaders and members of the Yabloko party visited the Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery in Moscow, where more than 10,000 soldiers and commanders of the Red Army are buried, and laid flowers at the memorial and the graves of the French pilots of […]
Posted: May 9th, 2023 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nothing Is More Valuable Then Human Life
On the need for a ceasefire and an end to the military actions Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 07.05.2023 Photo: Oleg Petrasyuk // EPA The bloodletting in Ukraine is remorseless, continuing for the second year running. We are on the threshold of a new escalation in the military confrontation fraught with further countless losses of life. I […]
Posted: May 8th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Yegorov, Chairman of the Vologda branch of Yabloko, detained
Press Release, 3.05.2023 Photo: Search in the apartment of Nikolai Yegorov / Photo from social media The apartment of Nikolai Yegorov, Chairman of the Vologda branch of Yabloko, was searched. Yegorov had been already twice brought to administrative responsibility for his posts calling for peace on the Vkontakte social media.
Posted: May 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the responsibility of journalists
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March 2023 Published on 2.05.2023 The stand of journalists is of particular importance in the conditions of the special military operation, total government propaganda and censorship. Today the key political and value-based choice depends on how your word turns the scale: either for the continuation of […]
Posted: May 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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