Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
The Saratov branch of Yabloko seeks to vindicate its right to conduct a demonstration “For Peace and Freedom!”
Press Release, 12.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Saratov regional branch of the Yabloko party intends to appeal in court for the second time the refusal of the Saratov administration to give a permission for a demonstration in the city centre under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom!”.
Posted: April 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court will consider the claim by Andrei Talevlin to the Governor of the Chelyabinsk region on the establishment of a buffer zone around the Chelyabinsk pine wood
Press Release, 11.04.2023 Photo: A pine wood in the city of Chelyabinsk/ Wikimedia Commons On 3 May, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk will start considering the claim of Andrei Talevlin, an environmentalist and a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, to the Governor of the Chelyabinsk region on the establishment of […]
Posted: April 11th, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov urged Vladimir Putin to find and punish those responsible for the death of journalist Mikhail Beketov
Press Release, 10.04.2023 Photo: Vladimir Putin, then Russian Prime Minister, and Mikhail Beketov, Editor-in-Chief of Khimkinskaya Pravda, at the Russian Government Print Media Awards ceremony, 2011 / Photo by Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a demand to find and punish those […]
Posted: April 10th, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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“Your letters warm the heart and give hope for a brighter future.” Yabloko sent more than a thousand letters to Russian political prisoners
Press Release, 4.04.2023 In March, the traditional actions of writing letters to political prisoners were held at the central office of the Yabloko party and Yabloko’s regional branches. Members and supporters of the party, as well as civil activists, have prepared more than a thousand letters and postcards that will be sent to those unjustly […]
Posted: April 4th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko launches a fundraising campaign to cover the services of a lawyer for the leader of the Kamchatka Yabloko, who became a defendant in a criminal case on military censorship
Press Release, 4.04.2023 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Past week, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court found Vladimir Yefimov, journalist and Chairman of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, guilty of “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1, of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The court imposed a fine of 200,000 […]
Posted: April 4th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A launch of new collections of women’s prose and a meeting with writers to take place in Yabloko
Press Release, 3.04.2023 Photo: Nadezhda Azhgikhina and Svetlana Vasilenko A launch of new collections of women’s prose and a meeting with writers, critics and publishers will take place at the Yabloko office in Moscow on 18 April. The new collections of prose are “News of the Feminine”, “Girl on the Ball, or Dreams of Childhood” […]
Posted: April 4th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko demanded that the State Duma reject a bill expediting elimination of specially protected nature preservation areas
Press Release, 3.04.2023 Photo by Sergei Kiselyov / Kommersant The corresponding appeal was adopted at a meeting of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party and sent to the deputies of the State Duma of Russia on Friday, 31 March, the last day for submitting comments to the relevant committee, which should examine the bill […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Happy Anniversary to Novaya Gazeta! The bravest Russian newspaper turns 30 years old
Press Release, 1.04.2023 Photo: A sign at the entrance to the editorial office of the Novaya Gazeta Publishing House and a memorial plaque (left) for Anna Politkovskaya, journalist of Novaya Gazeta, killed in Moscow in 2006 / Photo by Emin Jafarov, Kommersant Today, Novaya Gazeta is not only an example of high professionalism, fortitude and […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Greetings, Human Rights.
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“The mind refuses to believe that all this is really happening.” A letter from journalist Mikhail Afanasyev from the pre-trial detention centre about the battle between common sense and abnormality
Press Release, 31.03.2023 Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of Yabloko and a journalist, has been in jail for a year already on the charges of spreading fake news about the army “using his official position”. On 29 March, new court hearings on the case of Mikhail Afanasyev began in Abakan, Khakassia. The investigators consider Afanasyev’s article […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, found guilty of “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 31.03.2023 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The journalist was sentenced to a fine of 200,000 roubles and a ban on publishing his materials on the Internet for two years. The decision will be appealed. Today, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court ruled out in a criminal case against Vladimir Yefimov, […]
Posted: March 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, found guilty of “discrediting the army” for publishing a UN report on victims in Ukraine
Press Release, 30.03.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo from the Yabloko Press Service Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, was found guilty of “discrediting the army” for publishing a UN report on victims in Ukraine on the VKontakte social media and fined 30,000 roubles. Alexander is going to appeal […]
Posted: March 30th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Vladimir Yefimov to make his last statement at the trial on 31 March. A decision on his criminal case can be made on the same day
Press Release, 29.03.2023 On 31 March, Vladimir Yefimov, a journalist and the leader of the regional branch of Yabloko, will make his las statement at the trial over him in the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court. The verdict can be pronounced on the same day. Vladimir Yefimov is accused of “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 […]
Posted: March 29th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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New court hearings on the case of Yabloko’s Mikhail Afanasyev begin
Press Release, 28.03.2023 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev with his wife Yelena and two younger children / Photo from the personal archive On 29 March, the Abakan City Court will launch hearings on the criminal case of “fakes about the army” against journalist Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of the Yabloko party and a laureate of the Andrei […]
Posted: March 28th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko prepares for the elections: a party conference scheduled, a discussion about the programme held, and formation of electoral commissions began
Press Release, 28.03.2023 Photo by the Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko Past weekend, the Regional Council of the Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko appointed the conference of the regional branch, which will put forward a list of Yabloko candidates for deputies of the Yekaterinburg City Duma. The conference will take place in June. Also the […]
Posted: March 28th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Shishlov: “A Stalinist state with its main feature – the priority of the state over the individual – is being reproduced in Russia”
Press Release, 24.03.2023 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A basis for Russia’s cardinal civilizational U-turn and the country’s leaving the mainstream development of human civilization is being created in Russia. Such a statement was made by Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg […]
Posted: March 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“This is the stem that does not allow one to bend down.” Actions of writing letters to political prisoners to be held in Moscow and Russian regions
Press Release, 24.03.2023 Photo: A drawing by imprisoned journalist and blogger Yan Kotelevsky: a prisoner is breaking the chains of censorship, religion, mortgage, ignorance, slavery, and dictatorship. In the next two weeks, Yabloko will hold its regular actions of writing letters to political prisoners. The actions will take place at the central office of the […]
Posted: March 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Anatoly Nogovitsyn fined 200,000 roubles for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 21.03.2023 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 21 March, the Yakutsk City Court found Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the leader of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, guilty of “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1, of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and imposed on him a fine of […]
Posted: March 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The chief of St.Petersburg police promised Yabloko to return the seized paintings by artist Yelena Osipova by May
Press Release, 23.03.2023 Photo: Artist Yelena Osipova at the opening of her exhibition in the office of the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Roman Plugin, head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, said that the paintings by the […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Lev Shlosberg on legal possibilities to conduct politics in Russia after the start of the “special operation”
Press Release, 23.03.2023 On 22 March, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “Legal Possibilities to Conduct Politics in Russia after 24 February, 2022: the Risks and Opportunities for the Yabloko Party”. The lecturer was Lev Shlosberg, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party and head of the Pskov branch of […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Searches at the homes of employees of the Memorial human rights society are a new step in the practices of political repressions in Russia
Statement by the Yabloko party, 21.03.2023 Photo by Safron Golikov / Kommersant On 21 March, 2023, investigators from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation came with searches to the employees of the Memorial [human right] society, including its leader Yan Rachinsky. The Yabloko party considers the searches at the homes of employees of the […]
Posted: March 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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