Archive for 'Human Rights'
Sergei Mitrokhin to visit court hearing on Evgeny Vitishko’s case
Press release, 14.04.2015 On April 15 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will visit a court hearing on Evgeny Vitishko’s case where the issue of releasing Vitishko on parole will be considered.
Posted: April 14th, 2015 under Environmental Policies, Evgeny Vitishko case.
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Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing in support of Evgeny Vitishko
Press release, 13.04.2014 Activists of the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction conducted a series of one-person picketing for freedom of Evgeny Vitishko.
Posted: April 14th, 2015 under Environmental Policies, Evgeny Vitishko case.
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YABLOKO honored the memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 07.04.2015 YABLOKO Chairman Sergei Mitrokhin, Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee Galina Mikhaleva and the party activists honored the memory of Boris Nemtsov. Today is the 40th day from his death, a special memory day in the Russian tradition.
Posted: April 7th, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Moscow branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing in support of imprisoned representatives of opposition in Karelia
Press relese, 02.04.2015 On 2 April YABLOKO held pickets at the Representative Office of the Republic of Karelia in Moscow, demanding the release of arrested members of the opposition: Olga Zakletskaya and and Alexandra Kornilova.
Posted: April 3rd, 2015 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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YABLOKO to hold pickets in Moscow in defense of imprisoned representatives of opposition in Karelia
Press Release, 1.04.2015 On 2 April YABLOKO will hold pickets at the Representative Office of the Republic of Karelia in Moscow, demanding the release of arrested members of the opposition: Olga Zakletskaya and and Alexandra Kornilova. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will also take part in the picketing.
Posted: April 1st, 2015 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Emprisonnement d’opposants politiques en Russie: le Parti socialiste demande la libération d’Olga Zaletskaya et d’Alexandra Kornilova
31.03.2015 Le Parti socialiste condamne très fermement l’arrestation de deux activistes russes, membres du parti d’opposition Yabloko, à Petrozavodsk, dans le nord ouest de la Russie. Les arrestations d’Olga Zaletskaya (adjointe au Conseil municipal de cette ville) et d’Alexandra Kornilova (directrice du réseau commercial Lentorng) constituent une tentative éhontée d’intimidation politique de la part du […]
Posted: April 1st, 2015 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Ombudsperson for Human Rights Ella Pamfilova expressed her concern over the fate of imprisoned oppositional politicians in Karelia
Press Release, 31.03.2015 Today, Ella Pamfilova, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, sent a telegram to Yuri Baboydo, head of the Investigative Committee of Karelia, demanding to change the measure of restraint for Olga Zakletskaya and Alexandra Kornilova. On the threashold YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin had requested the Ombudsperson to facilitate the release of detained […]
Posted: April 1st, 2015 under Human Rights.
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Court to consider an application for release on parole for Evgeny Vitishko
Press release, 30.03.2015 On March 31 at 10.00 am the Kirsanov district court of the Tambov region will consider an application for release on parole for Evgeny Vitishko.
Posted: March 31st, 2015 under Evgeny Vitishko case, Human Rights.
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Activist of Dagestan branch of YABLOKO detained
Press release, 22.03.2015 Police detained the activists of the Dagestan branch of YABLOKO Nametkhan Babayev in Makhachkala today.
Posted: March 22nd, 2015 under Human Rights.
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Statement by St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO against neo-Nazi forum
Statement, 19.03.2015 Under the aegis of the Rodina party [a pro-Putin party that combines nationalist and socialist rhetoric] an International Russian conservative forum will take place in St.Petersburg’s Holiday Inn hotel on March 22.
Posted: March 22nd, 2015 under YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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Andrei Babushkin doesn’t rule out tortures against Nemtsov’s murder suspect
Posted: March 17th, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: there are no grounds for opening Artur Babayev’s file in the police
Press release, 10.03.2015 Chair of the Dagestan branch of YABLOKO Artur Babayev and his brother were detained in Makhachkala, the Republic of Dagestan, yesterday. Two people in camouflage clothes came up to them to check their documents. After the Babayev brothers showed the documents, they were asked to go to the district police station. They […]
Posted: March 12th, 2015 under Human Rights.
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Youth Yabloko activists demanded to release Nadezhda Savchenko
Press release, 06.03.2015 Activists of Moscow Youth Yabloko conducted a series of one-person picketing in support of Nadezhda Savchenko outside the Investigative Committee. Nadezhda Savchenko is the Ukrainian helicopter pilot, deputy of Verkhovna Rada and PACE delegate who is being kept in Moscow pre-detention centre on suspicion of having abetted the killings of two Russian […]
Posted: March 7th, 2015 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Deputies of St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly paid tribute to Boris Nemtsov’s memory
Press release, 04.03.2015 Twelve deputies of St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly including all members of YABLOKO faction paid tribute to Boris Nemtsov’s memory during the plenary meeting. Grigory Yavlinsky made a short speech which was followed by a minute’s silence.
Posted: March 4th, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “ Boris Nemtsov’s murder resembles a showcase execution”
Press Release, 3.03.2015 Grigory Yavlinsky said that Boris Nemtsov’s murder resembled a showcase execution. He made this statement when answering questions from journalists after the funeral of Boris Nemtsov at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery.
Posted: March 4th, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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YABLOKO said farewell to Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 03.03.2015 Today YABLOKO Chair Sergei Mitrokhin and the party’s founder Grigory Yavlinsky arrived to the Moscow Sakharov Centre to say farewell to Boris Nemtsov. They laid a floral basket to the coffin of the murdered politician.
Posted: March 3rd, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Nemtsov was casualty of a wider war
Financial Times, Grigory Yavlinsky, 01.03.2015 The EU must develop a strategy of integrating the former USSR, writes Grigory Yavlinsky Boris Nemtsov’s murder, which has shocked Russia, is the result of the war that has been under way for the past year. The war’s location is far broader than the area of military operations in east […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Topics of the day.
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Police detained an activist during antiwar picketing in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 01.03.2015 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin, Chair of YABLOKO Green Russia faction Alexei Yablokov, secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee Galina Mikhaleva, party’s activists and supporters conducted antiwar picketing under the slogan “No war with Ukraine” at Tverskaya Street.
Posted: March 2nd, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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YABLOKO participated in mourning demonstration in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 01.03.2015 The YABLOKO party participated in the mourning demonstration in memory of Boris Nemtsov. Those who joined YABLOKO column held placards which said “War murdered Nemtsov” and “Russians and Ukrainians are brothers for forever”. The column was headed by YABLOKO Chair Sergei Mitrokhin and the party’s founder Grigory Yavlinsky.
Posted: March 1st, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Boris Vishnevsky: He also perished at this war
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog on the Ekho Moskvy website, 28.02.2015 “With all due respect to the memory of Boris Nemtsov, in political terms he did not pose any threat to the current Russian leadership or Vladimir Putin. If we compare popularity levels, Putin’s and the government’s ratings and so on, in general Boris Nemtsov was just […]
Posted: February 28th, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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