Archive for 'Freedom of Assembly'
Yabloko’s Valery Kostenok enjailed for two months
Press Release, 12.08.2019 The Moscow Basmanny Court sent Valery Kostenok to a pre-trial detention centre for two months, despite the fact that the public prosecutor’s office requested that he is placed under home arrest. Yabloko activist became the 14th defendant in the “mass riots” case in Moscow on July 27.
Posted: August 13th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Without Violence and Deceit
Statement, 2.08.2019 The situation has been escalating on the threashold of possible protest actions in Moscow. The authorities are intimidating people: dozens of criminal cases return us to the period of reprisals after Bolotnaya Square [rallies in Moscow]. On the other hand, those calling on young people to take to the streets and relying on […]
Posted: August 5th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Six activists of electoral headquarters of Yevgeny Bunimovich were detained during a street campaign
Press Release, 2,08.2019 Today, at 18:10, police detained three campaigners from the team of Yevgeny Bunimovich, registered Yabloko candidate for elections to the Moscow City Duma. The campaigners were detained near the Vodny Stadion metro station when they were handing out leaflets calling to vote for Bunimovich in the constituency No. 6 (Golovinsky, Khovrino and […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Yevgeny Bunimovich, Ombudsman for Children’s Rights in Moscow, demanded to check lawfulness of detention of minors at the protest action of 27 July
Press Release, 30.07.2019 Photo: Yevgeny Bunimovich, Grigory Yavlinsky and Valery Borschyov Yevgeny Bunimovich, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in Moscow and registered candidate for the election to the Moscow City Duma from the Yabloko party, appealed to Oleg Baranov, head of the State Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, and Oleg Manakov, acting […]
Posted: July 31st, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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More than 10,000 people signed a petition demanding an immediate convening of an emergency meeting of the Moscow City Duma after the dispersal of the Saturday protest action
Press Release, 29.07.2019 On Saturday 27 June, after the mass arrest of participants of the action in support of unregistered candidates for the elections to the Moscow City Duma, Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, published a petition on the change.org platform.
Posted: July 30th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Putin’s system humiliates people, but no one is going to accept it
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 28.07.2019 Yesterday they beat and detained Russian citizens in Moscow, those who dared to defend their rights, speak out against humiliation and disrespect, express their outrage and protest against the perversion of the meaning of the elections in a peaceful and completely civil manner.
Posted: July 29th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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St. Petersburg Yabloko to rally against arbitrariness in the elections
Press Release, 23.07.2019 The St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party will take part in a rally against arbitrariness in the elections, which will be held in Lenin Square by the Finlandskiy Railway Station on 24 July at 19:00. Representatives of about 30 political parties, public movements and organisations of St. Petersburg plan to […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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The Ingush branch of Yabloko to participate in the municipal elections
Press Release, 23.07.2019 The conference of the Ingush regional branch of the Yabloko party nominated a list of candidates for deputies of the Karabulak City Council. On July 22, the Territorial Electoral Commission of the city of Karabulak certified the list of candidates for deputies of the City Council nominated by Yabloko.
Posted: July 23rd, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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Ombudsman for Children’s Rights Yevgeny Bunimovich demanded that the Public Prosecutor’s Office check the actions of the security forces during the rally in support of jailed journalist on 12 June
Press release, 14.06.2019 Yevgeny Bunimovich, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in Moscow and member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party, appealed to the Chief Public Prosecutor of Moscow in connection with detention of minors during a demonstration against the arbitrariness of the law enforcement held in Moscow on 12 June, the Russia Day.
Posted: June 18th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Public dialogue is the way to a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ingushetia
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 14.06.2019 In August 2018, protests began in the Republic of Ingushetia against the transfer of part of the territory of the region under control of the authorities of the Chechen Republic. A corresponding, and in fact, backstage agreement was signed by the heads of the two regions on 26 September, […]
Posted: June 17th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko activists in Tula held a series of pickets
Police confiscated the picket placards the activists used in their pickets Press Release, 23.05.2019 On 20 May, Yabloko activists held a series of one-person pickets in the centre of Tula. One Yabloko member picketed by the regional government office.
Posted: May 23rd, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Street Actions, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yabloko’s branch in Kalmykia gave negative assessment to regional officials at a rally dedicated to the Constitution of the Republic
Press Release, 1.04.2019 On 30 March, the Kalmyk regional branch of the Yabloko party held a rally dedicated to the Constitution (the Steppe Code) of the Republic of Kalmykia. The rally discussed not only the problems of the Constitution of the Republic of Kalmykia, but also a wide range of issues related to the basic […]
Posted: April 1st, 2019 under Economy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Why did people came out on a rally?
FB post by Nikolai Rybakov, 27.03.2019 Why did people came out on a rally? Because they protect their right to vote. This year, the head of Ingushetia proposed to make such amendments to the constitutional law on referendum so that the republic’s leadership could solve the issues of the region’s borders without the consent of […]
Posted: March 27th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Only the Yabloko party supported the protest of thousands of residents of Ingushetia
Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, spoke at the rally in Magas Press Release, 26.03.2019 A rally against amendments to the constitutional law on referendum is held in the city of Magas, the capital of the Republic of Igushetia, today. If the amendments are adopted, this will allow the leadership of the republic to resolve […]
Posted: March 27th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Memorandum of Political Alternative
Decision No 109 of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, 12.03.2019 The Federal Political Committee of the party adopted a new version of the “Memorandum of Political Alternative” at its meeting on 1 March. This document is mandatory for signing by party candidates in elections of all levels.
Posted: March 13th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Memorandum of Political Alternative, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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St. Petersburg Administration bans a rally in support of political prisoners on a pretext
Press release, 11.12.2018 Yabloko MP in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky called upon the interim governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov to investigate the decision of the Committee on the Rule of Law, Law Enforcement and Security not to authorise a rally in support of political prisoners. According to the MP, the City Administration […]
Posted: December 12th, 2018 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko proposed to the Human Rights Council to reform the procedure for getting permissions for rallies
Mikhail Fedotov, head of the Human Rights Council, believes that the problem of transparency in getting permission to hold rallies can be resolved in court Press Release, 17.08.2018 The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko formulated its demands as to the protection of freedom of rallies in its written appeal to Mikhail Fedotov, head of the Human […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2018 under Freedom of Assembly.
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The authorities of the Central Administrative District of Moscow refused to give permission for 33 pickets against the pension reform.
Yabloko is filing a lawsuit Press Release, 17.07.2018 The Yabloko party received a refusal from the Prefect’s Office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow to hold 33 pickets against the pension reform. Yabloko intends to appeal the refusals of the Prefect’s Office and Putin’s decree banning all the street actions during the World […]
Posted: July 17th, 2018 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Street Actions, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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The authorities turned down Yabloko’s applications for rallies against raising the retirement age
In Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Omsk Press Release, 22.06.2018 The authorities turned down Yabloko’s applications for rallies against raising the retirement age in Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Omsk and proposed the party to hold rallies on the outskirts of the cities. The Yabloko party planned to hold a rally in Moscow on 3 July in the city […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2018 under Economy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Street Actions, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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Yabloko held pickets by the State Duma against raising the retirement age
Sergei Mitrokhin detained and taken to the police station Press Release, 19.06.2018 On 19 June, the Yabloko party launched protest actions against a pension reform proposed by the government and envisaging raising of the retirement age. Members of the Moscow branch of Yabloko conducted a series of single-person pickets (which do not require any permission […]
Posted: June 20th, 2018 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Street Actions, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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