Archive for 'Freedom of Assembly'
Yabloko leaders called on the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow to dismiss the case against journalist and photographer Viktoria Ivleva
Press Release, 22.11.2021 Photo: Victoria Ivleva at the conference in support of the Yabloko list of candidates in the elections to the State Duma, on 16 September, 2021 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The leaders of Yabloko filed petitions with the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow calling for the termination of the administrative […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Police in Kemerovo searched the home of the Yabloko former candidate for the State Duma
Press Release, 22.11.2021 Photo: Vyacheslav Chernov / Photo by the Press Service of the Kemerovo branch of Yabloko On 18 November, police in Tashtagol, a city in the south of the Kemerovo region, searched the home of Vyacheslav Chernov, former candidate to the State Duma from Yabloko in electoral district No. 104. The reason for […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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On the pressure on civil society
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 12.11.2021 Photo by Pyotr Kassin / Kommersant After the elections to the State Duma, the authorities intensified repressions against civil society and the country’s intellectual elite, and began to crack down on independent public institutions. The lawsuit of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office to liquidate Memorial, the oldest human rights […]
Posted: November 12th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The Saratov branch of Yabloko on the crisis situation in the field of protection of human rights in the Saratov region
Statement by the Bureau of the regional branch of Yabloko, 5.11.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Saratov branch of Yabloko The Saratov regional branch of the Yabloko party is concerned about the revealed facts of human rights violations and torture in Saratov correctional facilities, the reaction of the region’s top officials and the […]
Posted: November 8th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The leader of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko convicted of rally in a place specially designated for holding public events
Press Release, 2.11.2021 Photo: Andrei Avtoneyev / Photo by Ivanovskiye Novosti The Frunzensky District Court found Andrei Avtoneyev, Chairman of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko, guilty of organising a rally in memory of the victims of political repression. Avtoneyev was fined 21,000 roubles, but he will appeal this decision.
Posted: November 2nd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Leader of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko Andrei Avtoneyev detained at a rally in memory of victims of political repression
Press Release, 30.10.2021 Photo: Andrei Avtoneyev / Photo by Ivanovskiye Novosti The memorial event in memory of the victims of political repression in Russia organised by the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko took place in the park near the Ivanovo circus on 30 October. The participants of the action paid tribute to the memory of the […]
Posted: November 1st, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Negative Selection*
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 27.10.2021 (*Negative selection is a mechanism prioritising and ensuring selection of the worst. See, for example, here) The State Duma elections ended exactly one month ago. We approached these elections in a situation when the system had been consolidated and had started moving definitely and consciously to an aggressive-repressive model of relations with […]
Posted: October 27th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Presidential Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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On the situation in Russia
Decision No 145 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo by Alexander Kazakov / Kommersant The situation in Russia, in almost all spheres, is currently determined by trends summarising the previous 25 years and set by the 2020 “constitutional reform” [Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Russian Constitution]. This […]
Posted: October 21st, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The situation and prospects of political struggle in Russia in 2021
Decision No 147 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Political Committee of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko believes that the assessments, forecasts and fears expressed in the article “No to Putinism and Populism” and the decision by the Political Committee […]
Posted: October 19th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Situation in Crimea, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, War in Syria, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko asked the Governor to give a permission for an event in memory of journalist Irina Slavina, who had committed the act of self-immolation
Press Release, 28.09.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko Oleg Rodin, Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko, sent an appeal to Gleb Nikitin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, asking him to give a permission for an event dedicated to the memory of opposition journalist Irina Slavina […]
Posted: September 28th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Deputy Chairman of the territorial electoral commission from the United Russia party interferes with campaigning of Dmitry Khorzov, Yabloko candidate for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 1.09.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Ivan Efimov, Deputy Chairman of Territorial Electoral Commission No. 27 from the ruling United Russia party, called the police to volunteer of the campaign of Dmitry Khorzov, Yabloko candidate for the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, and virtually broke up the campaigning. According to Efimov, the […]
Posted: September 1st, 2021 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, 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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Yabloko honoured the memory of those who died defending democracy in Russia during the coup d’etat in 1991
Press Release, 21.08.2021 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman Ivan Bolshakov and other party members laid flowers at the monument to the Defenders of Democracy in Russia at the intersection of the streets Novy Arbat and the Garden Ring in Moscow. Three young people – Dmitry Komar, Vladimir Usov and Ilya Krichevsky – died […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Investigate Alexei Navalny’s poisoning!
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 21.08.2021 Photo: Alexei Navalny is being taken to the plane by ambulance. / Photo by AP / Scanpix A year has passed since the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Neither those who ordered, nor those who actually committed the crime have been identified. Once again, it is important to declare: a comprehensive international […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Без рубрики.
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A court in Kazan recognised Ruslan Zinatullin, a Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, involved in an “extremist” organisation
Press Release, 20.08.2021 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Press Service of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko A judge of the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan recognised Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko and a candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko, involved in the activities of an “extremist” organisation Navalny […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court in Kazan recognised Yelena Izotova, Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, involved in the “extremist” organization and now she faces removal from elections
Press Release, 14.08.2021 Photo: Yelena Izotova/ Photo from the personal VKontakte page The court in Kazan recognised Yelena Izotova, Chair of the Yabloko Green Russia faction in Tatarstan and a Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, involved in the “extremist” organization. Thus Izotova will now face removal from elections According to Izotova, the court session […]
Posted: August 16th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan faces removal from the State Duma elections “for extremism”
Press Release, 13.08.2021 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Press Service of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Vakhitovsky district of Kazan appealed to the court with a demand to recognise Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko, the leader of the regional list of Yabloko candidates […]
Posted: August 16th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Saratov Regional Court confirmed that regional officials unlawfully disrupted Yabloko’s campaign to the State Duma
Press Release, 12.08.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Saratov branch of Yabloko The panel of judges of the Saratov Regional Court rejected the appeal of the Saratov administration, which challenged the victory of the Saratov branch of Yabloko in the Volzhsky District Court on two administrative claims after the administration’s unjustified refusal to […]
Posted: August 13th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Freedom in Russia and our human dignity are our responsibility. No one, including President Biden, will solve these problems for us
What to expect from the Geneva summit Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 16.06.2021 Joe Biden was “asked” at the G7 meeting and the NATO summit, to speak toughly with Putin. And so it will be: we will hear some new words about the “red lines” and about the price that the Kremlin will have to pay. […]
Posted: June 17th, 2021 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-US Relations.
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The Saratov branch of Yabloko calls on the regional Ombudsman to respond to massive violations of citizens’ rights during protest actions
Press Release, 11.06.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Saratov branch of Yabloko Deputy Chairman of the Saratov branch of Yabloko Fyodor Demyanchuk sent an open letter to the Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Saratov Region. Demyanchuk called on the regional Ombudsman to prepare a special report on massive violations of citizens’ rights […]
Posted: June 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko demands to initiate a criminal case into the poisoning of writer Dmitry Bykov
Press Release, 11.06.2021 Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin and Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov open a criminal case into the poisoning of the writer Dmitry Bykov with an organophosphate nerve agent. Rybakov refers to an investigation by Bellingcat and The Insider (https://theins.ru/politika/242567 ), which convincingly proved […]
Posted: June 11th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
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