Archive for 'Human Rights'
A lecture on the alternative non-military service will be held at Yabloko
Press Release, 9.12.2022 On 16 December, the Yabloko party will host a lecture “The Constitutional Right to Alternative Civilian Service in Modern Conditions” by Anatoly Pchelintsev, Doctor of Law, Honorary Advocate of Russia, and member of the Writers’ Union of Russia. The lecture will begin at 19:00 (Moscow time).
Posted: December 9th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Human Rights.
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The District Court of Kazan for the third time considered the request for a search at Ruslan Zinatullin’s home and recognised it lawful
Press Release, 7.12.2022 Photo: Ruslan Zinalullin / Photo from social media The Sovetsky District Court of Kazan for the third time considered the request of the investigation to conduct a search at the home of Ruslan Zinatullin, head of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Republic of Tatarstan, and issued permission to […]
Posted: December 9th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the Investigative Committee check the information about the torture of blogger Nekoglai
Press Release, 7.12.2022 Photo: a screenshot the @necoglaioff YouTube channel Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee, demanding to check the information about the torture by police officers of the detainee Nikolai Lebedev, as well as asked to identify and bring all those responsible to justice.
Posted: December 9th, 2022 under Governance, Human Rights.
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Mikhail Afanasyev, the founder of the Novy Focus media, fined 450,000 roubles for “inciting hatred” against the law enforcement
Press Release, 8.12.2022 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev, his wife Yelena and son / Photo from social media On 6 December, the City Court in Abakan, Khakassia, fined Mikhail Afanasyev, the founder of the Novy Focus media, 450,000 roubles under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“incitement of hatred”). Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of the […]
Posted: December 8th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko deputies in four regional parliaments vouched for Vladimir Kara-Murza
Press Release, 8.12.2022 Photo: Vladimir Kara-Murza at the Yabloko pre-election Congress in 2021 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, the Moscow Basmanny Court will hold a hearing to extend the measure of restraint in the form of detention for politician and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza. Vladimir Kara-Murza has been in jail since 22 April […]
Posted: December 8th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov visited Astrakhan
Press Release, 5.12.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 December, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and his team came to Astrakhan to meet with Yabloko members and supporters and discuss the region’s problems with active citizens.
Posted: December 8th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko branch in the Sverdlovsk region held a political battle “The Image of Russia of the Future” in Yekaterinburg
Press Release, 5.12.2022 Photos by the Yabloko branch in the Sverdlovsk region On 3 December, the Yabloko branch in the Sverdlovsk region held a political discussion on the topic “The Image of Russia of the Future”. The organisers of the event aimed to learn how people of different ages and different political views assess the […]
Posted: December 8th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A lecture by Boris Kolonitsky on the history of the 1917 revolution was held at the Yabloko Party University
Press Release, 7.12.2022 On 6 December, the Yabloko Party University held a lecture “February? Bourgeois? Democratic? Revolution?” about the history of the revolution in Russia in 1917. The lecturer was Boris Kolonitsky, professor at the European University at St. Petersburg and a leading researcher at the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy […]
Posted: December 7th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights.
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The apparat of the Moscow City Duma in violation of the regulations did not let the deputies to consider the draft appeal to Vladimir Putin on the completion of mobilisation
Press Release, 6.12.2022 Photo: the Moscow City Duma / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The draft appeal to President Putin on the need to issue a decree on the end of partial mobilisation submitted to the apparat of the Moscow City Duma on 23 November, was “rejected” by Andrei Krutyshev, head of the legal […]
Posted: December 6th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the Karelian parliament pointed out to Minister of Defence the need to issue a decree on the end of mobilisation
Press Release, 5.12.2022 Photo: Mobilisation / Photo by Viktor Korotaev, Kommersant The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia sent an appeal to Sergei Shoigu, Russian Defence Minister. The document refers to the need to issue a regulatory legal act on the completion of partial mobilisation.
Posted: December 6th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The second lecture by Sergei Mitrokhin on why Russia has not become a law-governed state was held in the Yabloko Party University
Press Release, 5.12.2022 Sergei Mitrokhin, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party, a deputy of the Moscow City Duma, and a candidate of political sciences, focused in his lecture on one specific issue: the origins of the rule of law. Where did Karl Marx was wrong? That was one of the […]
Posted: December 6th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg asked Vladimir Putin to issue a decree on the completion of “partial mobilisation”
Press Release, 2.12.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg sent an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The appeal by Yabloko deputies runs that it is necessary to issue a decree on the end of “partial […]
Posted: December 2nd, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Valery Borshchov turns 80! Yabloko leaders congratulate Valery Borshchov on his anniversary
2.12.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 1 December, marks the 80th birthday of Valery Vasilyevich Borshchov, an outstanding human rights defender, member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, Co-Chairman of the Yabloko Human Rights Faction. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Chairman of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee Grigory Yavlinsky congratulate Valery Borshchov […]
Posted: December 2nd, 2022 under Greetings, Human Rights.
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“You feel that you are not alone in this hardship.” Yabloko regional branches held actions of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 1.12.2022 Photo: The action in Chelyabinsk / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Actions in support of political prisoners were held in the regional offices of the Yabloko party past week. Hundreds of letters and postcards with words of support so needed by people deprived of their freedom are sent to their recipients […]
Posted: December 1st, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A legal case connected with the absence of a decree on the completion of mobilisation emerged in Chita. The Novgorod branch of Yabloko appealed to the President
Press Release, 1.12.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Anna Cherepanova, head of the Yabloko party faction in the Novgorod City Duma, called on the Russian President to issue a decree on the completion of partial mobilisation. The faction’s appeal, signed by MP Cherepanova, was sent to Vladimir Putin on 30 […]
Posted: December 1st, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The City Court of St.Petersburg did not cancel the fine to the Chairman of the Yabloko branch in the Pushkinsky district of the city for “discrediting the army”
Press Release 30.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov / Photo from social media On 28 November, the St. Petersburg City Court upheld the decision of the Pushkinsky District Court against Alexander Makhankov, the Chairman of the Yabloko branch in the Pushkinsky district, who had been found guilty of “discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”. Makhankov […]
Posted: November 30th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Current and former Moscow municipal deputies opened public receptions to help Muscovites
Press Release, 28.11.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 26 November Yabloko launched the Public Reception “Our Moscow” project. Yabloko party deputies of different convocations of the Moscow City Duma and municipal councils of Moscow districts, as well as candidates for deputies from Yabloko and civil activists. According to the results of the September […]
Posted: November 29th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Russian Economy, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the Novgorod City Duma voted against the city budget for 2023
Press Release, 28.11.2022 Photo: A session of the Novgorod City Duma / Photo by duma.nov.ru On 25 November, the Novgorod City Duma considered in the first reading the draft city budget for 2023 and for the planning period of 2024 and 2025. The total amount of planned budget revenues for 2023 will amount to 6.867 […]
Posted: November 28th, 2022 under Economy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Police submitted to court the criminal case against the leader of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia
Press Release, 26.11.2022 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 8 December, the Yakutsk City Court will start considering a criminal case against Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the leader of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, who is accused of “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 […]
Posted: November 28th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko MP in the Pskov regional parliament Artur Gaiduk sent an appeal to the President of Russia with a proposal to issue a decree on the completion of partial mobilisation
Press Release, 25.11.2022 Photo: Artur Gaiduk / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Artur Gaiduk believes that such a decree will give people, including military personnel, legal guarantees of security and reduce tension in society.
Posted: November 25th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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