Archive for 'Freedom of Assembly'
Yabloko in Tatarstan will hold a rally against political repression
Press Release, 21.10.2019 The branch of Yabloko in Tatarstan will hold a rally against political reprisals. The action will be held in Kazan on 2 November and is dedicated to the day of memory of victims of political reprisals, as well as the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. The action starts […]
Posted: October 21st, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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“As long as there are political prisoners in Russia, Russia will not have a worthy future”
Members of the Yabloko party came out on one-person pickets Press Release, 19.10.2019 On Friday, October 18, one-person pickets (that do not require permissions from the authorities) were organised by the Association of Independent Municipal Deputies. Picketing took place by metro stations at the end of the working day. The purpose of the action was […]
Posted: October 21st, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Yabloko to challenge the unlawful court decision on Daria Bolshakova
Press Release, 16.10.2019 Daria Bolshakova, member of the Yabloko party and activist of the Kaliningrad branch of the Russian Feminist Association ONA, was found guilty of organising a mass rally without notifying the authorities (Article 20.2 Part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation), having awarded her a fine of 10,000 […]
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Freedom to Konstantin Kotov!
Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 15.10.2019 Konstantin Kotov was sentenced to four years [in a penal colony]. The defender of the Constitution and the rights of citizens of Russia, who has not committed any crime, will be in prison. Yesterday, the Moscow City Court upheld this decision. Neither the arguments of twelve lawyers, nor guarantors, nor […]
Posted: October 15th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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4,000 people came to the rally organised by the Kalmyk branch of Yabloko against the appointment of the mayor of Elista
Press Release, 14.10.2019 About 4,000 residents of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, came to the rally against the appointment of Dmitry Trapeznikov (who used to be Chair of the Council of Ministers of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic in East Ukraine) acting the head of the administration of Elista. The Kalmyk branch of Yabloko was […]
Posted: October 14th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Six and a half years of a maximum security colony for a picket
Statement by the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, 10.10.2019 Two more prisoners of conscience appeared in Russia: in Rostov-on-Don 19-year-old Yan Sidorov and 22-year-old Vladislav Mordasov were sentenced was sentenced to six years and six months and six years and six months in a maximum security colony respectively. On November 5, 2017, they were detained at […]
Posted: October 14th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko supported pickets in defense of Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Vyacheslav Shashmin
Press Release, 10.10.2019 A series of one-person pickets (which require no permission from the authorities) in defense of political prisoners Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Vyacheslav Shashmin took place in Rostov-on-Don. Members of the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko and residents of the city in turn went out with posters into the street. Mothers of Yan […]
Posted: October 11th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko raised 220,000 roubles to help political prisoners at a charity auction in the office of the party
Press Release, 4.10.2019 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky On Thursday, October 3, an auction in support of political prisoners was held in the Moscow office of the Yabloko party. The main partner of the action was the portal delo212.ru of the initiative group Case 212, where you can find detailed information about the prisoners of the so-called […]
Posted: October 4th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko supported the rally for the release of political prisoners in Moscow
Press Release, 29.09.2019 The Yabloko party supported the rally for the release of political prisoners, which was held in Sakharov Prospect in Moscow today. Grigory Yavlinsky took part in the action, and Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, addressed the rally from the stage.
Posted: October 2nd, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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The Tatarstan branch of Yabloko supported the political prionsers and defendants of the “Moscow riots” case
Press Release, 23.09.2019 Activists of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko conducted a series of one-person pickets, that do not require a permission from the authorities, in support of defendants in politically motivated criminal cases instituted as part of the so-called the “Moscow riots” case when people protested against non-registration of opposition candidates in the Moscow […]
Posted: September 23rd, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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The rectitude of the protest
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 06.09.2019 Yesterday, Konstantin Kotov, 34-year-old programmer, was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. At the absence of corpus delicti. He was sentenced for publicly protesting against the actions of the authorities.
Posted: September 6th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Без рубрики.
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The Investigative Committee: Yabloko’s Valery Kostenok is innocent. He may be released today
Press Release, 3.09.2019 Photo: Karina Gradusova / Yabloko Press Service The Investigative Committee has stopped the criminal prosecution of Yabloko activist Valery Kostenok and four other defendants accused of participation in the “riots” in Moscow on 27 July. As follows from the message on the website of the Investigative Committee, “the decision was made by […]
Posted: September 4th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Без рубрики.
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Leaders of the Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko vouched for Vladislav Barabanov
Press Release, 27.08.2019 Photo: Vladislav Barabanov, photo by Vlad Dokshin, Novaya Gazeta The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko collects personal guarantees to change the measure of restraint to Vladislav Barabanov charged under the “Moscow riots” case.
Posted: September 3rd, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Без рубрики.
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The Tatarstan branch of Yabloko held an action under the slogan “I Want Changes”
Based on Idel.Realii publication, 15.08.2019 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin On 15 August, activists of the Tatarstan branch of the Yabloko party held an action “I Want Changes” in the centrer of Kazan. Yabloko members and supporters conducted a series of one-person pickets that do not require a permission from the authorities. The action was timed to the […]
Posted: August 16th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky prepared a bill on “deanonymisation” of law enforcement officers
Press release, 16.08.2019 After violent beatings of peaceful protesters in Moscow by masked police officers, Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, proposed to “deanonimise” law enforcement officers by placing their individual numbers on uniforms and helmets of police and the Russian Guard officers during public events that […]
Posted: August 16th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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The Moscow City Court will consider the appeal against the arrest of Valery Kostenok on 21 August
Press Release, 15.08.2019 The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against the preventive measure for Valery Kostenok, activist of the Yabloko party, on Wednesday, 21 August, at 12:30. The hearing will take place in the room No. 225.
Posted: August 15th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Yabloko founder Grigory Yavlinsky stood surety in court for Kostantin Kotov accused of “repeated violations of the order of holding mass events”
Press Release, 14.08.2019 Photo: Konstantin Kotov Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Yabloko Party’s Federal Political Committee, came to the Presnensky District Court of Moscow to personally vouch for the civil activist Konstantin Kotov, who is accused of “repeated violations of the order of holding public events” under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code envisaging up […]
Posted: August 15th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “I have not seen any “mass-scale riots” in the streets of Moscow”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s blog post, 9.08.2019 Twelve people have already been arrested on the so-called “mass-scale riots case”. They want to ruin the lives of these young people for general intimidation. I was at all the rallies and processions of recent weeks, including 27 July. I did not see any “mass-scale riots” in the streets of […]
Posted: August 15th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Yabloko asks Public Prosecutor General and Commissioners for Human Rights of Russia and Moscow to check the lawfulness of opening of criminal cases on Moscow protests
Press Release, 14.08.2019 Emilia Slabunova, Chair of the Yabloko party, asked Public Prosecutor General to check the lawfulness of the criminal case on the mass riots and the use of violence against representatives of the authorities after the protests in Moscow, as well as the lawfulness of the detention of the persons involved in the […]
Posted: August 14th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Yabloko’s Valery Kostenok is a defendant in a trumped-up case of “mass riots”
Press Release, 14.08.2019 Photo: Karina Gradusova / Yabloko Press Service 20-year-old Valery Kostenok is a third-year student at Kosygin’s Russian State University, Faculty of Standardization and Metrology. He came to Yablopko in 2017. Valery participated in municipal elections, worked in the presidential campaign of Grigory Yavlinsky in 2018, and was a volunteer in the election […]
Posted: August 14th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Без рубрики.
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