Archive for 'Freedom of Assembly'
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 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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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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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 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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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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The apartment of Stanislav Shmakov, Yabloko’s ex-candidate to the Tomsk Regional Duma, searched, after which Shmakov disappeared
Press Release, 11.01.2022 Photo: Stanislav Shmakov / Photo from social media On the morning of 11 January, a search was conducted in the apartment of Stanislav Shmakov in Tomsk. Stanislav Shmakov is an assistant to the deputy of the City Duma from Yabloko David Avetyan and was Yabloko’s candidate in the regional Duma elections in […]
Posted: January 11th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Lessons of the Year
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 6.01.2023 Photo: A Christmas ball “The Apotheosis of War” on the web-site of the online store Printio.ru. The picture is by the Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin “The Apotheosis of War”, 1871. There is an inscription on the frame: “Dedicated to all the great conquerors of the past, the present and the future”. […]
Posted: January 9th, 2023 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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With the wishes of freedom and peace
The Yabloko offices hosted final actions of 2022 in support of political prisoners Press Release, 29.12.2022 Photo: Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Over the past two weeks, the regional offices of the Yabloko party have hosted the final actions of 2022 in support of political prisoners. Since the middle of the year, […]
Posted: December 29th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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To prevent the liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group means not taking another step towards dictatorship
Statement by the Yabloko party, 23.12.2022 Photo: The lecture by Valery Borshchyov, Co-Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, at Yabloko on 21 December, 2022 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The lawsuit of the Ministry of Justice to liquidate the Moscow Helsinki Group and ban its activities is another step towards turning the Russian state […]
Posted: December 23rd, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Valery Borshchyov “Political Idealism: an Illusion or a Reality”
Press Release, 22.12.2022 On 21 December, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “Political Idealism: an Illusion or a Reality” by Valery Borshchyov, an outstanding human rights activist, dissident, a member of the Federal Political Committee, Co-Chairman of the Yabloko’s Human Rights Faction and Co-Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group. On 1 December, Valery Borshchyov […]
Posted: December 22nd, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yabloko collects signatures in Volgograd against the renaming of the city after Joseph Stalin
Press Release, 22.12.2022 Photo: Governor of the Volgograd Region Andrey Bocharov speaking in support of the “special operation” in front of students of the Volgograd branch of Plekhanov Russian University of Econmics / Photo by www.rea.ru Yabloko started collecting signatures in Volgograd against the renaming of the city after Joseph Stalin. The initiative on the […]
Posted: December 22nd, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Moscow Mayor answered the questions of the deputies of the Moscow City Duma, but did not say anything new
Press Release, 21.12.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin delivered a report to the deputies of the Moscow City Duma on the results of the work of the Moscow government in 2022. After a short report on the successes in the economy, social policies, the development of transport, and the […]
Posted: December 21st, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Investigative Committee: There will be no criminal case on the torture of a participant in “poetry readings”. Rape will be checked along with poetry
Press Release, 19.12.2022 Photo: An ambulance takes Artyom Kamardin to hospital from the Investigative Committee for the Tervskoy District in Moscow / Photo from social media The Investigative Committee refuses to open a criminal case against the law enforcement officers who allegedly mocked and tortured civil activists Artyom Kamardin, Alexandra Popova and Alexander Menyukov. This […]
Posted: December 20th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Give hope to those who need it most. Yabloko holds the final actions of 2022 of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 15.12.2022 The coming days, actions in support of political prisoners will be held in the offices of the Yabloko party across Russia. Yabloko invites all, who would like to support politicians and civil activists who were unjustly convicted or under investigation, to take part in the actions. Participants of the actions can sign […]
Posted: December 19th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Moscow City Court upheld the decision on the fine for “discrediting the army” to the Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko Andrei Morev
Press Release, 14.12.2022 Photo: Andrei Morev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Tagansky District Court, which found Andrei Morev, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko and the former head of the Yakimanka District Council in Moscow, guilty of “discrediting the army”. Morev was fined 50,000 […]
Posted: December 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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