Archive for 'Human Rights'
Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko holds pickets on the Constitution Day
Press release, 12.12.2018 On 12th December, the Constitution Day, the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko and a number of civil activists held pickets to remind the local residents and regional authorities of some articles from the fundamental law. The activists called upon the government to abide by the Constitution. They held placards quoting some articles of […]
Posted: December 13th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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Galina Mikhaleva: Russia needs a law on gender equality
Press release, 12.12.2018 Chair of Yabloko Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva participated in the All-Russia Civil Forum 2018. She took part in the discussion dedicated to the problems of domestics violence, labour discrimination and sexual harassment.
Posted: December 13th, 2018 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Chuvashia Republic branch of Yabloko holds a discussion on the consequences of political censorship
Press release, 12.12.2018 The Chuvashia Republic branch of Yabloko held a round table on the consequences of political censorship in mass media. Representative of other political parties and public groups also took part in the discussion.
Posted: December 13th, 2018 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Emilia Slabunova participated in a round table dedicated to 25th anniversary of the Constitution
Press release, 12.12.2018 Emilia Slabunova, Chair of the Yabloko Party, took part in a round table dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Constitution. The participants of the event discussed the necessity to carry out a political reform and the possibility to amend the Сonstitution.
Posted: December 12th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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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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Yabloko demands that Moscow City Court release human rights activist Lev Ponomarev immediately
Press release, 7.12.2018 Yabloko demanded that the Moscow City Court release human rights activist Lev Ponomarev immediately According to Yabloko, arresting a respectable person like Ponomarev, who is the head of the “For Human Rights” movement, is illegal, offensive and mocking.
Posted: December 10th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The work of the party and its regional branches
Statement by Yabloko Bureau, 5.12.2018 The 10th of December 2018 is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is the first document to state a list of inviolable human rights that were supported by almost all the countries of the world. The declaration is the symbol of recognition of the values […]
Posted: December 7th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the inspection of Alexander Sokurov foundation conducted by the authorities
Grigory Yavlinsky’s twitter, 6.12.2018 The foundation of Alexander Sokurov, the world most famous Russian film director, is under audit on the denunciation of a certain “citizen”. The foundation, which has been raising money collecting every penny for the work of young filmmakers, is suspected of embezzlement. The other day, Putin included Sokurov in his Human […]
Posted: December 7th, 2018 under Freedom of Speech, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the arrest of human rights defender Lev Ponomarev
Yabloko Telegram Channel, 5.12.2018 “It is a police state: Human Rights Defender Lev Ponomarev, 77, was sentences to 25 days in jail for reposting a publication in support of the young people who suffered as a result of a provocation of the “law enforcement”. It’s a shame! Let’s support Lev Ponomaryev!” * Lev Ponomarev was […]
Posted: December 6th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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Yabloko demands that the State Duma annul the law that allows to withdraw property from citizens
Press release, 5.12.2018 The State Duma of the Russian Federation has passed through the first reading a draft of the federal law that will allow to withdraw land plots [from individuals] for governmental and municipal needs.
Posted: December 5th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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The Supreme Court revives the communist slogan “the abolition of private property”
Boris Vishnevsky on the decision of the Supreme Court to allow the PIK development group to demolish residential blocks of flats in the Kuntsevo District, Moscow, and build up the area again Boris Vishnevsky’s Telegram Channel, 23.11.2018 “The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property,” Karl […]
Posted: December 4th, 2018 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Reprisals in Silence
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 30.10.2018 Once a year, on the eve of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Reprisals, people [in Russia] come to the Solovetsky Stone [monument representing a stone brought from one of the GULAG labour camps] in Lubyanka Square [the office of the Federal Security Service, former NKVD-KGB] to remember […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2018 under Human Rights.
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The case of human rights defender Oyub Titiyev concerns everyone in Russia
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 28.11.2018 Oyub Titiyev. School teacher. Children’s boxing coach. Human rights activist, head of the Chechen branch of the Memorial [human rights organisation]. In January 2018, Oyub who was driving his Lada Kalina car was stopped by traffic police officers. During an inspection, a police officer found a package with marijuana in a […]
Posted: November 29th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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Yabloko member Igor Kochetkov wins an award for civil society development in Russia
Press release, 27.11.2018 Igor Kochetkov, member of Yabloko, head of the “Sfera” LGBT organisation in St. Petersburg, co-founder of the Russian LGBT Network, won the award for Activity Fostering Development of Civil Society granted by the Yegor Gaidar Foundation.
Posted: November 28th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “This is a mistake, a big mistake. Oyub Titiyev has always worked only for the sake of the people”
Press Release, 26.11.2018 The Shali District Court of Chechnya did not release from custody human rights defender Oyub Titiyev under the personal guarantee of Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko.
Posted: November 27th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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Yabloko participated in a round table on gender equality organised by the Delegation of the EU to Russia
Press release, 19.11.2018 On 19th November, Yabloko Gender Faction representatives (Galina Mikhaleva, Nikolai Kavkazsky and Irina Zabelina) participated in a round table on gender equality organised by the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation.
Posted: November 26th, 2018 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko demands from Vladimir Putin again that Oyub Titiev be released. Earlier President through his Administration refused to do it
Press release, 19.11.2018 Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova once again demanded that Vladimir Putin release Oyub Titiev, Chair of the Chechen branch of the Memorial human rights groups. Yabloko Bureau has already demanded from Russia’s President that Titiev be released and protected by the government. However, Putin through his Administration refused to do it.
Posted: November 21st, 2018 under Human Rights.
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Yabloko resumes activity in the Chechen Republic
Press release, 19.11.2018 On 18 November, a conference of the Chechen Republic branch of Yabloko took place where the new leading bodies where elected. Rizvan Ibragimov was elected Chair of the regional party branch. He is a teacher of the Russian and Chechen languages at grammar school No 12 in Grozny. His deputies are Sharip […]
Posted: November 21st, 2018 under Human Rights.
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Levashovo Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg to be added the school excursion programme
Press release, 16.11.2018 The Committee on Education approved of St. Petersburg Ombudsman Alexander Shislov’s initiative to add Levashovo Memorial Cemetery to the excursion programme for senior students. About 20,000 victims of the Soviet political reprisals are buried there. The initiative was also supported by Yabloko MP in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky.
Posted: November 16th, 2018 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Yabloko Gender Faction to hold a discussion on “LGBT Community: Ignore or Accept?”
Press release, 15.11.2018 On 30 November, Yabloko Gender Faction will hold a discussion on “LGBT Community: Ignore or Accept?”. Kirill Fyodorov, psychologist and founder of the movement “Psychology for Human Rights”, will take part in the discussion.
Posted: November 15th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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