Archive for 'Freedom of Assembly'
A criminal case for criticising the authorities filed in Kemerovo against a former Yabloko candidate for the State Duma
Press Release, 19.04.2022 Photo: Vyacheslav Chernov / Photo from social networks On 18 April, the Investigative Committee of the Kemerovo Region, basing on a report from the deputy head of the regional Centre for Counteracing Extremism, opened a criminal case against Vyacheslav Chernov, a civil activist, entrepreneur, and a candidate for the State Duma from […]
Posted: April 21st, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko applied for demonstrations “For Peace!” in Moscow and five other cities on 1 May
Press Release, 20.04.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko has applied for May Day demonstrations “For Peace!” in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Miass and Magnitogorsk. In Moscow, the applicants for the action were Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, and Andrei Morev, head of […]
Posted: April 20th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov: “The main purpose of the party’s work today is to stop the bloodshed”.
Press Release, 16.04.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service At the beginning of his speech at the 21st Party Congress, Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov drew the delegates’ attention to a printed replica of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, which was placed on the wall instead of the traditional banner with Yabloko party symbols. “Today’s fate of […]
Posted: April 20th, 2022 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Shishlov: I am urging police officers to serve only the law and the people – as the law requires
Press Release, 13.04.2022 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, spoke at the Legislative Assembly about functioning of the law enforcement. He emphasized the importance of their strict observance of the rights […]
Posted: April 13th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Ksenia Cherepanova came second in the by-elections to the Novgorod City Duma
Press Release, 12.04.2022 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from social networks The results of the by-elections for a mandate of the Novgorod City Duma of the sixth convocation in single-mandate constituency No. 3, for which the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party nominated Ksenia Cherepanova, have been summed up.
Posted: April 12th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Oksana Vladyka, head of the Yabloko branch in Arkhangelsk, received seven days of arrest for disobeying the police
Press Release, 11.04.2022 Photo: Oksana Vladyka / Photo from social networks It was reported today that Oksana Vladyka, the head of the Yabloko branch in Arkhangelsk and human rights activist, was detained in Arkhangelsk. The detention was connected with a protocol drawn up against her under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“disobedience […]
Posted: April 11th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Rospotrebnadzor refuses to lift the restriction on holding public events in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 8.04.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yelena Smirnova, acting head of the St. Petersburg Rospotrebnazdor (the Russian consumer safety watchdog), sent a response to the request of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly to lift the existing ban on holding public events in St. Petersburg. The St.Petersburg department of Rospotrebnazdor […]
Posted: April 8th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University to host a lecture by Andrei Babushkin on the rules of conduct during arrest and search
Press Release, 6.04.2022 Photo: Andrei Babushkin / Photo by the Yabloko Party Press Service On 11 April, the Yabloko Party University will host an online lecture “What to do if you are being persecuted by law enforcement agencies”. The lecturer is Andrey Babushkin, human rights activist, Chairman of the Committee for Civil Rights, member of […]
Posted: April 7th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“I didn’t see any cases of violation of the rights of the child, but this is a reason to think about it”
St. Petersburg Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights answers Yabloko’s question about inadmissibility of involving children in actions supporting the “special operation” Press Release, 6.04.2022 Photo: Anna Mityanina / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and an MP of the Legislative Assembly of […]
Posted: April 7th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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St.Petersburg State University decided not to expel 20 students detained at peaceful anti-war actions. Earlier, the Yabloko faction had spoken up in their defenсe.
Press Release, 5.04.2022 Photo by Creative Commons The St.Petersburg newspaper Fontanka reported that following the results of the meeting of the Rector and the staff at St Petersburg University, they decided not to expel 20 students who were detained at peaceful anti-war actions. Now the University plans only to administer reprimands to the students. On […]
Posted: April 5th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chairman of the local branch of Yabloko in Novgorod is accused of “spreading false information” about the “special operation”
Press Release, 30.03.2022 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo from social networks Viktor Shalyakin, Chairman of the local branch of the Yabloko party in Novgorod, was charged with an administrative offense under Article 13.15, Part 9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation – “dissemination of knowingly unreliable socially significant information under the […]
Posted: March 30th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A protocol on a violation under the article on “discrediting the armed forces” was drawn up against Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 30.03.2022 On 24 February, two weeks before the adoption of amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses introducing liability for “discrediting the use of the Russian armed forces”, Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula branch of Yabloko, posted on his VKontakte social media page a picture with two words, the first of which […]
Posted: March 30th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The state protects its own values”. St.Petersburg Ombudsperson answers the questions of the Yabloko faction about the expulsion of students for their participation in anti-war actions
Press Release, 30.03.2022 Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg from the Yabloko faction, held a debate with Svetlana Agapitova, the Commissioner for Human Rights in St. Petersburg, about the expulsion of students for their participation in anti-war actions. The question was asked during the Ombudsperson’s annual report to the St.Petersburg parliament. Boris […]
Posted: March 30th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The authorities of the Chelyabinsk region had to permit public events after the law suit of the Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 29.03.2022 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov and Vasily Moskovets / Photo from social networks On 28 March, the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region signed an order to lift coronavirus restrictions, in particular, an unconstitutional ban on holding public events. The suddenly issued order at the end of the working day and after the official registration […]
Posted: March 29th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Russia is committing suicide”
Forum24, Czech Republic, 25.03.2022 Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Petr Hlaváček Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky. February 2019 / Photo: by the Yabloko Party Press Service On 13 March, Grigory Yavlinsky gave an interview to the Czech media Forum24. The leader of the Yabloko party spoke about the situation in Russia against the backdrop of hostilities in […]
Posted: March 28th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Activists of the Kemerovo branch Yabloko received fines for single pacifist pickets
Press Release, 25.03.2022 The Zavodskoy District Court of Kemerovo found Yabloko’s Alexander Kalashnik and Nikolai Kovalchuk guilty of violating the procedure for holding mass events in Kemerovo. They received fines of 3,000 roubles and 1,000 roubles, respectively, under Article 20.6.1, Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. On February 27, […]
Posted: March 28th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg told about the searches in Pskov at a meeting of the Human Rights Council under the President of the RF
Press Release, 24.03.2022 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 23 March, the Commission on Political Rights of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation discussed the implementation of legislation by the law enforcement when initiating criminal and administrative cases, searches, detentions and arrests in February-March 2022. […]
Posted: March 25th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov, Chair of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, to the head of Moscow police: you should have resigned after the publication of the recording of the beating of girls in the Brateyevo police station
Press Release, 23.03.2022 On 23 March, deputies of the Moscow City Duma listened to the report of Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow Police, on the work of the police in 2021. As part of the report of the Chief of Moscow Police, the deputies were shown a video with statistical data. Thus, the police […]
Posted: March 24th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The police detained Vladimir Yefimov, Chairman of the Kamchatka Yabloko
Press Release, 23.03.2022 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The police detained Vladimir Yefimov, Chairman of the Kamchatka Yabloko, Yefimov managed to tell Kam 24 media about his detention in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: “I was detained near my house. There were five police officers. They said that I had to go with them to […]
Posted: March 24th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The flat of Yabloko’s Darya Poryadina is being searched in Arkhangelsk
Press Release, 23.03.2022 Photo: Daria Poryadina / Photo by aosd.ru Today at 6:30 a.m., Daria Poryadina, a member of the Yabloko party and Editor of the periodical Sota, told her colleagues in the media that her flat was being searched. There has been no connection with Daria so far.
Posted: March 23rd, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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