Archive for 'Human Rights'
The Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko will seek in court the approval for the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Maxim Petlin / Photo from personal page of Maxim Petlin in Facebook The Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region, asking to declare unlawful the refusal of the authorities to give a permission to the procession and rally in […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko will appeal against the refusal of the Mayor’s Office to give a permission on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Monument to the victims of political repression in Novgorod / Photo by the Press Service of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko Sergei Busurin, Mayor of Novgorod, refused to the Novgorod branch of Yabloko in holding a march and a rally in memory of the Russian politician Boris Nemtsov “For freedom and […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko filed an application on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in Nizhny Novgorod
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko applied to the Operational Headquarters for the implementation of measures to prevent and control the spread of coronavirus infection in Nizhny Novgorod asking to adopt a decision on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in Nizhny Novgorod. Opposition politician Boris […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The vertical of executioners
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 18.02.2021 Photo: Session of the Third Court of Cassation considering the case of Yuri Dmitriyev, 16 February, 2021 “Here, in the Sandarmokh area, a place of mass executions, over 7,000 innocent people were killed from 1934 to 1941 by the NKVD executioners: residents of Karelia, prisoners and special settlers of the White […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Administrative protocols were drawn up for the members of the Novgorod Yabloko after they applied for holding the March in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 18.02.2021 Photo: Anna Cherepanova and Ksenia Cherepanova / photo from Anna Cherepanova’s personal page on Facebook On 17 February, protocols of administrative offence were drawn against Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and deputy of the City Duma, as well as Ksenia Cherepanova, head of the regional branch of Yabloko’s […]
Posted: February 18th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko organises actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov in 22 cities
Press Release, 17.02.2021 Photo: The Boris Nemtsov March in Moscow in 2018 / Photo by the Press Service of the Yabloko party UPD. Applications for a rally have been submitted also in Tula, Cheboksary and Novosibirsk, thus, the number of cities where rallies can take place increased to 22. Actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov, […]
Posted: February 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The leaders of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko fined for the rally in the site specially designated for holding rallies without notifying the authorities
Press Release, 17.02.2021 In the photo: Ivan Krisanov / photo by the Press Service of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko On 17 February, the Oktyabrskiy District Court of Ivanovo found Ivan Krisanov, a Bureau member of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko, guilty of committing an administrative offense under Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of […]
Posted: February 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“That’s how you get to be hangmen – Just keep mum”*
Grigory Yavlinsky on why his article “No to Putinism and Populism” was published on time Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 12.02.2021 Photo: Moscow, January 31, 2021. Photo by RIA Novosti / Yevgeny Odinokov The article “No to Putinism and Populism. On the Implications of Current Politics” sparked a discussion. One of the most frequent objections is that the […]
Posted: February 16th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko party Bureau supported Grigory Yavlinsky’s proposals stated in his article
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 11.02.2021 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky/Photo by the Yabloko party Press Service The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party adopted a statement supporting the theses outlined in the article “Without Putinism and Populism” by Grigory Yavlinsky and noted the relevance of this article. The statement was submitted to the Bureau for consideration […]
Posted: February 12th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Timur Kuashev's case, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: No to Putinism and Populism
On the implications of current politics Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 11.02.2021 Moscow, January 31, 2021 // © RIA NOVOSTI, Yevgeni Odinokov “If my people follows Gamsakhurdia, I will have to go against my people”. Merab Mamardashvili, 1989 Almost 10 years have passed since the protests of 2011. During this period we have witnessed different street […]
Posted: February 11th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Timur Kuashev's case, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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The leader of Yabloko demanded from the Ministry of Education and Science and the Higher Attestation Commission to deprive the Rector of Astrakhan State University of his scientific degree for plagiarism in the dissertation
Press Release 11.02.2021 Photo: Konstantin Markelov, Rector of Astrakhan State University/ photo from the official website of Astrakhan State University Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education, as well as Vladimir Filippov, Chairman of the Higher Attestation Commission, demanding to check the Ph.D. […]
Posted: February 11th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Chairman demanded that the Public Prosecutor of the Maritime Territory stop persecuting party members
Press Release, 10.02.2021 In the photo: Marina Zheleznyakova / Photo from the personal page on Facebook Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an official letter to Roman Panteleyev, Public Prosecutor of the Maritime Territory, demanding to stop the persecution of party members in Vladivostok – Marina Zheleznyakova, Chair of the Maritime Territory regional branch of […]
Posted: February 10th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Chairman demanded that the St. Petersburg Public Prosecutor raise an objection to the punishment imposed upon a dumb citizen who “shouted slogans”
Press Release, 9.02.2021 Photo by Alexander Dybin/ znak.com Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an official letter to the Public Prosecutor of St. Petersburg Sergei Litvinenko demanding that he take measures to cancel the punishment imposed upon a citizen with deaf dumbness. Yevgeny Agafonov was detained during a protest in St. Petersburg on January 31, 2021. […]
Posted: February 10th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia.
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Nikolai Rybakov: The reason for the demonstrations in Russia is not the Alexei Navalny case, but the political situation in the country
Press Release, 8.02.2021 Yabloko Chairman told to the Russian Perviy Kanal (Channel One) and NTV television channels, as well as in recent interviews to the Portuguese radio TSF and the Kurdish channel RUDAW, that the main reason for the demonstrations in Moscow and other Russian cities was not the Alexei Navalny case, but the political […]
Posted: February 8th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia.
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On February 14, a rally “against detentions and repressions” will be held in Kazan
Press Release, 5.02.2021 Photo: photobeginner/depositphotos In Kazan, the opposition managed to receive the consent of the authorities for a rally “against detentions and repressions and for the changes in the electoral laws for the State Duma elections”. The rally will take place in the centre of Kazan, opposite the Kazan Kremlin, on February 14. The […]
Posted: February 8th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia.
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A search held in the flat of Marina Zheleznyakova, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko branch in the Maritime Territory
Press Release, 6.02.2021 In the photo: Marina Zheleznyakova / Photo from the personal page on Facebook In Vladivostok, police officers searched the apartment of Marina Zheleznyakova, Deputy Chair of the regional branch of Yabloko in the Maritime Territory.
Posted: February 8th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia.
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The Сhair of the Tambov branch of Yabloko fined in a trumped-up case of organising a rally
Press Release, 5.02.2021 In the photo: Yana Zenkina / Yana Zenkina’s personal page in the Vkontakte social network The Leninsky District Court of Tambov sentenced Yana Zenkina, Chair of the Tambov regional branch of the Yabloko party, to a fine of 20,000 roubles. A case was initiated against the leader of the regional branch of […]
Posted: February 5th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Member of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko fined 150,000 roubles for a single picket
Press Release, 5.02.2021 In the photo: Daria Bolshakova /Photo by the Press Service of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko The judge of the Central District Court of the city of Kaliningrad found Daria Bolshakova, a member of the Kaliningrad branch of the Yabloko party, guilty of committing a repeated violation of Article 20.2 Part 8 […]
Posted: February 5th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Online lecture by Andrei Babushkin “How to behave during an arrest”
Press Release, 5.02.2021 In the photo: Andrei Babushkin / the Yabloko party Press Service On February 10, Yabloko will host a Zoom-lecture by Andrei Babushkin, human rights defender and member of the Yabloko Party Bureau, “How to behave during an arrest”. The lecture will start at 19:00. The lecture will cover the issues one needs […]
Posted: February 5th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Yabloko Chairman demanded from the Public Prosecutor of Tatarstan to punish the security officials who put detained peaceful protesters face in the snow
Press Release, 4.02.2021 Photo by Artyom Mokhov Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov demanded that Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildus Nafikov find and punish the law enforcement officers who, during the rally, unreasonably and toughly detained about 50 protesters. The Yabloko Chairman recalled that on January 31, 2021, officers of the security forces […]
Posted: February 4th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia.
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