Archive for 'Human Rights'
Grigory Yavlinsky on the Russian Guard
Blog post by Grigory Yavlinsky, 06.10.2016 President began preparing for the new political season with the decree on granting special powers of the National Guard, already renamed into the Russian Guard. This department will get about 100 proxies, including maintenance of the wartime regime, planning joint activities with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, […]
Posted: October 7th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Moscow Yabloko Youth conducts a rally against military conscription and for the professional army
Press release, 02.10.2016 On 1 October, Moscow YABLOKO Youth conducted a rally against military conscription and for the professional army. About 70 people participated in the action.
Posted: October 3rd, 2016 under Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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Moscow Youth YABLOKO to conduct a rally against military conscription and for the professional army
Press Release, 29.09.2016 On 1 October, Moscow Youth YABLOKO will conduct a rally against military conscription and for the professional army. Young YABLOKO activists got an obligatory permission from the Mayor’s Office as required by the law.
Posted: September 30th, 2016 under Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO demands that the authorities must stop intimidating YABLOKO activists in Zhukovsky, the Moscow Region
Press Release, 28.09.2016 Today YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova, forwarded YABLOKO statement to the law enforcement and Public Prosecutor on persecution and intimidation of YABLOKO activists in Zhukovsky, the Moscow Region.
Posted: September 29th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Dmitry Gudkov obtained 30 thousand signatures for installation of a memorial plaque to Boris Nemtsov
Press release based on the article by Radio Liberty, 13.09.2016 YABLOKO parliamentary candidate Dmitry Gudkov and journalist Timofey Dzyadko brought 30 thousand signatures for installation of a memorial plaque to Boris Nemtsov on Moscow’s Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge, where he was murdered, to Moscow City Hall.
Posted: September 15th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Nikolai Rybakov: what kind of a country is it with such level of aggression?
Blog post by Nikolai Rybakov, 09.09.2016 There has been an attack on the camp of Greenpeace volunteer firefighters in Kuban [the Krasnodar region, South Russia]. Shall we go on tolerating this?
Posted: September 9th, 2016 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Famous Russian human rights defenders Svetalna Gannushkina and Sergei Kovalyov called head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to debate
Press Release, 08.09.2016 Svetlana Gannushkina, renowned human rights defender, Chair of the Grzhdanskoy Sodeystviye (Civil Assistance) Committee and candidate to the State Duma running in YABLOKO regional group in Chechnya, and Sergei Kovalyov, her representative, famous human rights defender, member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee and Co-Chair of YABLOKO Human Rights Faction, called Ramzan Kadyrov, […]
Posted: September 9th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Famous Russian human right defenders Svetlana Gannushkina and Sergei Kovalev call head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to debate
Press Release, 07.09.2016 Svetlana Gannushkina, renown human rights defender and head of YABLOKO regional group in Chechnya in the parliamentary election, and Sergei Kovalyov, her representative, famous human rights defender, member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee and Co-Chair of YABLOKO Human Rights Faction, are going to call Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya and candidate for […]
Posted: September 7th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO’s motion on referendum against naming a bridge after former Chechen President referred to St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press release, 05.09.2016 The Electoral Commission of St. Petersburg approved of YABLOKO’s motion on a referendum against the decision to name the bridge across the Duderhof canal after Akhmad Kadyrov, former Chechen President, unanimously. The motion will be referred for consideration of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, which will decide whether the questions proposed by […]
Posted: September 6th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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“We have not forgotten how the state abandoned defenseless children and their mothers in Beslan”
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 03.09.2016 A terrorist attack taking the lives of 334 people, including 186 children, happened in Belsan, [North Ossetia], twelve year ago. We express our deepest sorrow and condolences to all the relatives and friends of the innocent victims. Terrorism and terrorists taking the lives of innocent people can not be […]
Posted: September 6th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Head of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alexeyeva becomes YABLOKO election representative
Press Release, 30.08.2016 Lyudmila Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, became YABLOKO election representative at the elections to the State Duma.
Posted: August 30th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Human right defenders support the appeal to the President of the International Paralympic Committee
Russia’s human rights defenders ask the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to review the decision to ban Russian team from competing at the Paralympic Games in Rio Press release, 26.08.2016 Co-Chair of YABLOKO’s Human rights faction Sergei Kovalev, Federal Political Committee member Valeri Borshchev and parliamentary candidate Svetlana Gannushkina supported an appeal of Russia’s human rights defenders, […]
Posted: August 30th, 2016 under Foreign policy, Human Rights.
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St.Petersburg YABLOKO to initiate a referendum against naming a bridge after former Chechen President
Press release, 22.08.2016 The initiative group founded by the YABLOKO party appealed to the election commission of St.Petersburg to initiate a referendum against naming one of the city’s bridges after Akhmad Kadyrov, first President of the Chechen Republic, which was done by the authorities despite loud public protests. The application will be considered within two […]
Posted: August 24th, 2016 under History, Human Rights.
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Human rights defender Valery Borshchev registered as parliamentary candidate in the single mandate constituency of the Republic of Ingushetia
Press release, 17.08.2016 Member of Moscow Helsinki Group, leader of YABLOKO’s faction for human rights protection Valery Borshchev has been registered as a parliamentary candidate in the single mandate constituency of the Republic of Ingushetia. Human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov announced the news on his Facebook page.
Posted: August 17th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO’s activist attacked in the Sverdlovsk Region
Press release, 11.08.2016 On 9 August, a man attacked a woman-activists, who campaigned for Yuri Pereverzev, Chair of the Sverdlovsk branch of YABLOKO and a candidate for deputy of the regional parliament.
Posted: August 12th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO Youth demands to investigate the murder of Timur Kuashev
Press release, 01.08.2016 Today Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists have held a one-person picket by the Investigative Committee demanding to investigate the murder of journalist Timur Kushev, to find those who ordered and committed the crime.
Posted: August 2nd, 2016 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Timur Kuashev's case.
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St. Petersburg Youth YABLOKO acted in defense of the NGOs involved in HIV prevention
Press Release, 26.07.2016 St.Petersburg Youth YABLOKO acted in defense of non-profit organisations ESVERO and the Andrei Rylkov Foundation engaged in the prevention of HIV infection in Russia and recognised as “foreign agents.” On 25 July party protesting against enlisting these organisations as “foreign agents”, YABLOKO activists sent to the Ministry of Justice the layout of […]
Posted: July 26th, 2016 under Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO candidate to the State Duma attacked during campaigning in Tula
Vladmir Dorokhov, head of the regional branch of the party, informed in twitter about the attack on Igor Burdukov Tulskaya Pressa, 25.07.2016 Vladmir Dorokhov, head of the regional branch of the party, informed in social network of an attack by an unidentified man on Igor Burdukov, candidate to the State Duma from the Tula branch […]
Posted: July 25th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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In support of Russian Buddhists’ lawful demand for the pastoral visit of the 14th Dalai Lama
Statement by YABLOKO Bureau, 22.07.2016 For many years the residents of the three Russia’s regions, which are traditionally Buddhist (the Republics of Buryatia, Kalmikia, Tyva), as well as Buddhists from other regions, have been addressing the President of Russia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RF unsuccessfully demanding a permission for a pastoral […]
Posted: July 25th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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YABLOKO Youth to hold a picket demanding to investigate the murder of Timur Kuashev
Press release, 21.07.2016 On Monday, August 1, Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists will hold a one-person picket by the Investigative Committee demanding to investigate the murder of journalist Timur Kushev, to find those who ordered and committed the crime.
Posted: July 22nd, 2016 under Human Rights, Timur Kuashev's case, Youth Policies.
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