Archive for 'Freedom of Assembly'
The Kemerovo branch of Yabloko held a series of one-person pickets against the reset of Vladimir Putin presidential terms
Press Release, 17.03.2020 Members of the Yabloko party and the Golos movement held a series of one-person pickets [that do not require any permission from the authorities] in the centre of Kemerovo against amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation on resetting of the presidential terms for Vladimir Putin and unlawful amendments to the […]
Posted: March 17th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO protests against reset of terms for President Putin
ALDE party Newsletter, 17.03.2020 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolay Rybakov All across Russia, members of the Yabloko party conducted one-person pickets on 12 March against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. One-person pickets – which do not require any permission from the authorities – were conducted […]
Posted: March 17th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov to Interior Minister: Immediately stop unlawful detention of citizens
Statement by Yabloko Chairman, 14.03.2020 To: Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation I demand that those detained during one-person pickets [these pickets do not require any permission from the authorities] in Moscow be immediately released and that you order to stop unlawful practices of detentions at one-person pickets.
Posted: March 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Putin’s irremovability represents usurpation of power
Statement by the Public Constitutional Council Novaya Gazeta, 11.03.2020 The decision on Putin’s irremovability as President of the Russian Federation, adopted at his proposal by the State Duma today, represents usurpation of power. This decision is unconstitutional. The cancellation of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin, that is, allowing Putin to be in the post […]
Posted: March 12th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko is picketing against Vladimir Putin’s lifelong rule in more than 50 Russian regions
Press Release, 12.03.2020 Photo: Alexander Gontcharenko picketing the Altai Territory Legislative Assembly in Barnaul On Thursday, March 12, members of the Yabloko party are conducting one-person pickets (that do not require any permission from the authorities) against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. The […]
Posted: March 12th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko to picket against Vladimir Putin’s lifelong rule throughout Russia
Press Release, 11.03.2020 On Thursday, March 12, members of the Yabloko party will picket against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. The pickets will be held on the day of the approval of Putin’s constitutional amendments by regional parliaments. Yabloko will picket the buildings […]
Posted: March 12th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko holds pickets by the State Duma and the Federation Council against usurpation of power by Vladimir Putin
Press Release, 11.03.2020 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov picketing by the State Duma Today, on 11 March, Yabloko holds pickets by the State Duma and the Federation Council against usurpation of power by Vladimir Putin. It is expected that the parliament will finally approve amendments to the Constitution today, including resetting of the presidential term for Vladimir […]
Posted: March 11th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko to picket against the resetting of Putin’s presidential terms
Press Release, 10.03.2020 Tomorrow, on March 11, the Yabloko party will hold a series of one-person pickets (that do not require a permission from the authorities) by the State Duma (Okhotny Ryad 1) and the Federation Council (Bolshaya Dmitrovka 26) against the reset of Putin’s presidential terms and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. […]
Posted: March 11th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“Reset of Putin’s presidential terms is a dishonorable fraud”
Yabloko leaders on early parliamentary elections and new presidential election rules Press Release, 10.03.2020 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the picket near the State Duma on March 10, 2020 Yabloko leaders held pickets outside the parliament building during today’s consideration by the State Duma of Putin’s constitutional amendments in the second reading. They protested both against […]
Posted: March 11th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Bashkirian branch of Yabloko rallied against overcharged fees for heating
Press Release, 3.03.2020 On 29 February, the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko took part in a rally of Ufa residents against unreasonably high prices for heating. Over 500 people took part in the action.
Posted: March 4th, 2020 under Economy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky, “I have bailed and am bailing for Konstantin Kotov. Freedom to all political prisoners!”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 2.03.2020 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky holding a placard “Freedom to Kotov!” The court of cassation has overturned the sentence to Konstantin Kotov [political prisoner of the Moscow “riots” case], the case was sent for revision, and Kotov was sent to a pre-trial detention centre for two months. Kotov did not commit any […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko at the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 2.03.2020 The Yabloko party participated in the actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov in many cities of Russia. Yabloko activists and supporters marched, picketed and rallied in Moscow St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Arkhangelsk, Barnaul, Veliky Novgorod, Vladivostok, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Kostroma, Krasnodar, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Oryol, Perm, Pskov, Rostov-on-Don, […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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“The best constitutional amendment is Putin’s resignation.” Yabloko took part in the March in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 29.02.2020 More than 22,000 people took part in the Boris Nemtsov March, an action in memory of slain Putin opponent, which took place in Moscow from Strastnoy Boulevard to Academician Sakharov Prospect today. The Yabloko party formed its own column headed by the party leaders who carried a banner with the slogan “Fight […]
Posted: March 1st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Yabloko leaders participated in the March in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Facebook post by Nikolai Rybakov, 29.02.2020 Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko Chairman: Together with Emilia Slabunova, Sergei Mitrokhin and Grigory Yavlinsky, – all Yabloko Chairpersons are leading thr oarty column at the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov today.
Posted: February 29th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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The Kemerovo branch of Yabloko will challenge in court the refusal of the city authorities to give a permission to a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 28.02.2020 Yevgeny Artemyev, Chairman of the Kemerovo branch of the Yabloko party, appealed to the Central District Court of Kemerovo. He intends to challenge the unlawful refusal of the city administration to give a permission to a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov in the city. The activists of the regional branch of […]
Posted: February 28th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Nemtsov. Five Years After.
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 27.02.2020 Five years ago, Boris Nemtsov was killed. A year before that, Crimea was already annexed, the war in Donbass was gaining momentum with might and main. However, the demonstrative killing by the Kremlin’s walls of an opposition politician, an uncompromising critic of authoritarian power and personal opponent of Vladimir Putin became […]
Posted: February 27th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Russia-Ukraine relations, War in Syria.
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The Oryol branch of Yabloko obtained a permission for a picket in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 26.02.2020 A picket in memory of Boris Nemtsov will be held in Oryol on 29 February. This was announced by Sergei Zaitsev, the organiser of the action and Chairman of the Orlov branch of Yabloko. The commemorative action will begin at 11.00.
Posted: February 26th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko held a picket The Constitution of Free People
Press Release, 25.02.2020 On 22 February, a mass picket was held in Chelyabinsk as part of the Constitution of Free People campaign organised by the Chelyabinsk Yabloko. About one hundred people took part in the picket.
Posted: February 25th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko applied for getting a permission to hold March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov for the third time
Press Release, 19.02.2020 On 17 February, Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko applied for getting a permission to hold March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov for the third time. It is planned that the march will take place in the form of a public event – a procession along Rozhdestvenskaya street, followed by a rally Markin square. Earlier, […]
Posted: February 19th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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The wife of the organiser of the Boris Nemtsov memorial march in Kemerovo is dismissed from her job in a children’s clinic
Press Release, 19.02.2020 Photo: Yevgeny Artemyev. Irina Sotnikova, nurse of Kemerovo Children’s Clinic No. 1, was announced that she would be fired in April. Formally, a nurse with forty years of experience was informed that her job would be cut. However, in informal conversations, she was informed that her the dismissal was associated with the […]
Posted: February 19th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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