Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
The campaign of spreading libel against Boris Vishnevsky represents revenge of the authorities for his political activities
Statement by the Yabloko party, 14.11.2019 The Internet resources of the odious businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin and the state television channel Russia-24, functioning on the money of taxpayers, conduct an organised campaign of spreading libel against Boris Vishnevsky leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. The accusations against Vishnevsky represent a […]
Posted: November 15th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko campaigns for liberalisation of regional laws on rallies
Earlier, the Constitutional Court prohibited to local authorities to arbitrarily limit places for mass actions Press Release, 15.11.2019 Yabloko’s regional branches in the Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk and Kaliningrad Regions sent appeals to the parliaments of their regions with a request to enlarge the list of places allowed for public mass events. Thus, Yabloko calls regional […]
Posted: November 15th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“A strong state cannot be built on lawlessness and humiliation of human dignity”
Participants of the 8th Unified Caucasus Forum adopted a resolution Press Release, 12.11.2019 On November 9-10, the United Caucasian Forum was held in Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria. The Forum aims to unite the leading human rights organisations of the North Caucasus and propel civic initiative to solve socially significant problems. One of the organisers of […]
Posted: November 13th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko joined the action of “metropickets” launched in Moscow for the release of political prisoners.
Press Release, 11.11.2019 Alexandra Nalobina, member of the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, went on a one-person picket (such pickets do not require a permission from the authorities) for the freedom of prisoners of the so-called “Moscow riots case” and against political repression. The picket took place by the Studencheskaya metro station, which is located next […]
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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“Liquidation of the movement “For Human Rights” demonstrates moral degradation of the Russian government”
Nikolai Rybakov on the decision of the Supreme Court Press Release, 1.11.2019 Photo: Lev Ponomaryov On November 1, the Supreme Court ruled to liquidate themovement “For Human Rights”, created in 1997 by Lev Ponomaryov. A lawsuit demanding the liquidation of the organisation was filed by the Ministry of Justice on October 11. The reason for […]
Posted: November 5th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“We must demand the release of political prisoners”. Yabloko continues to participate in one-person pickets by metro stations in Moscow
Press Release, 1.11.2019 Again, on the third Friday in a row, on 1 November, the so-called “metropickets” (one-person pickets that do not require permission from the authorities and are conducted by most popular metro stations) organised by the Association of Independent Municipal Deputies took place in Moscow: the Association invites everyone to participate in one-person […]
Posted: November 5th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Yabloko to control development of the situation around the Civil Rights Committee
Press Release, 23.102019 On the evening of 22 October, security officials (presumably employees of the Investigative Committee), accompanied by cameras of the NTV television channel, came to the Moscow office of the human rights organisation Committee “For Civil Rights”, headed by Andrei Babushkin, member of the federal Bureau of the Yabloko party.
Posted: October 23rd, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko leaders on the dismissal of renowned members of the Presidential Human Rights Council
Special for the web-site of Yabloko, 22.10.2019 Photo: Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Fedotov. Photo by RIA Novosti President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Valery Fadeyev, former anchor of the Vremya programme on Channel One, as the new head of the Human Rights Council. At the same time, Putin signed a decree on changing the […]
Posted: October 23rd, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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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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Yevgeny Kurakin is transferred from jail under house arrest
Press Release, 15.10.2019 Today, the Moscow Region Court considered the appeal on the measure of restraint in the case of Yevgeny Kurakin, head of the branch of Yabloko in Reutov, the Moscow Region. The court ruled out to return the case to the preliminary hearing stage to the Reutov court (the court of the first […]
Posted: October 16th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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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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Grigory Yavlinsky: Boris Nemtsov could have turned 60 now
9.10.2019 Today Boris Nemtsov could have turned 60. In February 2015, Boris was killed, shot right by the walls of the Kremlin… We have known each other since 1990. We worked together, were friends. Boris was a very sincere and very free person. In recent years, he openly, vividly and sharply opposed the authorities. And […]
Posted: October 11th, 2019 under Condolences, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Без рубрики.
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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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Statement by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko on the attack against Anna Cherepanova and the inadmissibility of dirty methods of political struggle
Statement by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, 1.10.2019 An unidentified person attacked Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko party and the deputy of the City Duma, at the entrance to Mayor’s Office, before the meeting of the Novgorod Duma on the morning of September 26. The man poured white powder […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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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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