Archive for 'Human Rights'
Vladimir Gundyayev’s 1937
Reprisals like in Stalin’s period, in 1937, were unleashed against civil society by Vladimir Gundyayev, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Blog post by Sergei Mitrokhin, 14.11.2016 Today at 6 a.m., riot police under the supervision of the Federal Security Service broke into the apartments of civil activists defending Torfyanka Park [located in North-East of […]
Posted: November 14th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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Valery Borschyov and other human rights activists met with tortured dissident Ildar Dadin in the penal colony
Press Release, 07.11.2016 On 7 November, Valery Borschyov, member of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, member of the Federal Political Committee of the YABLOKO party and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, and other human rights activists met with Ildar Dadin, tortured civil activist, in the Segezha penal colony.
Posted: November 8th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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The Tambov branch of YABLOKO participated in a charitable action
Press Release, 08.11.2016 Activists of the Tambov regional branch of YABLOKO took part in a charitable action supporting the project Dabraya Tochka (A Point of Kindness). They helped to collect things for the poor and families with many children.
Posted: November 8th, 2016 under Charity, Human Rights.
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Activists of St. Petersburg YABLOKO detained for a picket by the penal colony in Karelia
Press release, 04.11.16 On 4 November, police detained eight people during single-person picketing by Penal Colony No 7 in Segezha, notoriously famous for torturing civil activist Ildar Dadin. Activists of St. Petersburg Youth YABLOKO Ilya Smirnov and Konstantin Pokhilchuk were among the detained.
Posted: November 8th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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YABLOKO commemorated defenders of democratic Russia
Press Release, 07.11.2016 On 7 November, YABLOKO activists held a traditional action of memory of defenders of democratic Russia – cadets and officers who made armed resistance to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. The action was attended by Sergei Mitrokhin, leader of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO.
Posted: November 7th, 2016 under History, Human Rights.
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The task of the state is to create conditions for increasing the birth rate, rather than prohibit abortion
Statement by YABLOKO Bureau, 02.11.2016 The campaign on banning abortions which started and then subsided in 2011 has resumed with renewed vigor. A group of senators, including Elena Mizulina, Ekaterina Lakhova and Elena Afanasyeva introduced amendments to the law “On Circulation of Pharmaceuticals” prohibiting retail sale of medicinal products intended for medical termination of pregnancy. […]
Posted: November 4th, 2016 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Youth YABLOKO held an action in support of jailed and tortured dissident Ildar Dadin
Press Release, 02.11.2016 On 1 November. Nikolai Kavkazsky, Chairman of the Moscow Youth YABLOKO, Maria Efimova, Deputy Chair, and Nikita Arkin, member of the Regional Council of the organisation, participated in pickets in support of the convicted and tortured dissident Ildar Dadin. The action was held by the Federal Penitentiary Service.
Posted: November 2nd, 2016 under Human Rights.
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Stop tortures of Ildar Dadin!
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 01.11.2016 The YABLOKO party is outraged by the information about tortures of activist Ildar Dadin in Penal Colony No 7 in the city Segezha in the Republic of Karelia.
Posted: November 2nd, 2016 under Human Rights.
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YABLOKO office in Veliky Novgorod attacked
Press release, 17.10.2016 On October 15, a malefactor broke the window in YABLOKO’s office in Veliky Novgorod and got inside the building.
Posted: October 20th, 2016 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO conducted a round table on abortions and baby boxes
Press release, 17.10.2016 On October 13, the Gender faction of YABLOKO and the Zhurnalistka (Woman Journalist) club of the Union of Journalists of Russia conducted a round table on “Baby boxes and abortions. Demography and ethics”. The discussion took place after a number of Russia’s officials proposed to ban baby boxes and abortions.
Posted: October 19th, 2016 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO to commemorate victims of the Great Terror
Press release, 17.10.2016 On October 29, YABLOKO leaders and activists will participate in a memorial action commemorating victims of political reprisals, who were executed under Joseph Stalin. The ceremony is conducted by the Memorial human rights group annually.
Posted: October 17th, 2016 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Leader of a civic organisation supporting indigenous peoples of the Amur Region joined YABLOKO
Press release, 12.10.2016 Leonid Sungorkin, leader of a civic organisation supporting the culture, rights and freedoms of the indigenous peoples of the Amur Region, joined YABLOKO.
Posted: October 14th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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Yabloko Youth launches a campaign against conscription system
Press release, 10.10.2016 Moscow YABLOKO Youth launched a campaign against conscription and for transfer of the army on a contract basis.
Posted: October 13th, 2016 under Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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Leaders of St. Petersburg YABLOKO commemorated Anna Politkovskaya
Press release, 09.10.2016 On October 7, a ceremony commemorating Anna Politkovskaya was held in St. Petersburg. YABLOKO’s deputies of the city parliament Boris Vishnevsky and Mikhail Amosov as well as Deputy Chair of the party Nikolai Rybakov participated in the memorial action.
Posted: October 12th, 2016 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Voronezh YABLOKO commemorated Anna Politkovskaya
Press release, 09.10.2016 On October 7, the Voronezh branch of YABLOKO commemorated Anna Politkovskaya. The activists participated in a rally dated for the 10th anniversary of the murder of the journalist.
Posted: October 11th, 2016 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO’s candidate in the past election dismissed from his post in Pskov State University
Press release, 10.10.2016 Igor Skoptsev, YABLOKO candidate in the past election, was dismissed from his post of senior departmental assistant of the informatics in Pskov State University. The dismissal took place after a resident of Velikiye Luki city complained to Governor Turchak via his web-site that “a person continuously criticising the Governor and the authorities […]
Posted: October 11th, 2016 under Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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Moscow YABLOKO laid flowers to the memorial to Anna Politkovskaya
Press release, 09.10.2016 On October 7, the 10th anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the Moscow branch of YABLOKO laid flowers to the memorial to the journalist.
Posted: October 11th, 2016 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Ten years without Anna Politkovskaya
Grigory Yavlinsky Facebook page, 07.10.2016 She was braver than one is allowed to be in Russia. She was more honest than one is allowed to be in Russia. She was more talented than one is allowed to be in Russia.
Posted: October 9th, 2016 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Tambov branch of YABLOKO held a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya
Press Release, 07.10.2016 Today, on 7 October, the Tambov regional branch of the YABLOKO party held pickets memory of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
Posted: October 9th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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“We can not tolerate a lesser evil fearing that a greater evil may come”
Blog post at the Ekho Moskvi website by Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (the Yabloko faction), 07.10.2016 Today, we will gather by the Solovetsky Stone on Troitskaya Square in St. Petersburg to commemorate Anna Politkovskaya.
Posted: October 9th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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