Archive for 'Human Rights'
Yabloko appealed to the law enforcement because of threats to the family of Konstantin Kiselyov, leader of the Yabloko faction in the City Duma of Yekaterinburg
Press Release, 21.11.2019 Chair of the Yabloko party Emilia Slabunova appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor of the Sverdlovsk region in connection with threats to the family and the assistant of Konstantin Kiselyov, Chairman of the Yabloko faction in the Yekaterinburg City Duma. “Due to the high public importance of […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018.
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Relatives of Konstantin Kiselyov, Chairman of the Yabloko Faction in the City Council of Yekaterinburg, are threatened with murder
Press Release, 21.11.2019 The wife, the mother-in-law and the assistant to Konstantin Kiselyov, deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Council and Chairman of the Yabloko faction, received threats with murder. On November 20, relatives and the deputy’s assistant were called from a telephone number unfamiliar to them and were threatened with murder and violence against children. […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2019 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Без рубрики.
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“Nothing can be solved without politics.” Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina are visiting the Pskov region
Press Release, 15.11.2019 Today the three-day visit of Yabloko’s leaders to the Pskov region has begun. Party Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Political Committee and head of Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, arrived in the region for a conference on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Pskov branch […]
Posted: November 18th, 2019 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, History, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Social Policies.
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The campaign of spreading libel against Boris Vishnevsky represents revenge of the authorities for his political activities
Statement by the Yabloko party, 14.11.2019 The Internet resources of the odious businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin and the state television channel Russia-24, functioning on the money of taxpayers, conduct an organised campaign of spreading libel against Boris Vishnevsky leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. The accusations against Vishnevsky represent a […]
Posted: November 15th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko campaigns for liberalisation of regional laws on rallies
Earlier, the Constitutional Court prohibited to local authorities to arbitrarily limit places for mass actions Press Release, 15.11.2019 Yabloko’s regional branches in the Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk and Kaliningrad Regions sent appeals to the parliaments of their regions with a request to enlarge the list of places allowed for public mass events. Thus, Yabloko calls regional […]
Posted: November 15th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko’s Gender Faction held a meeting with the Director of the Sisters Centre
Press Release, 14.11.2019 Photo: from left to right Galina Mikhaleva, Nadezhda Zamotayeva and Olga Radayeva On 12 November, Yabloko’s Gender Faction organized a meeting with Nadezhda Zamotayeva, Director of the independent charitable organisation the Sisters Centre. The Centre provides psychological and legal aid to victims of sexual violence and their families.
Posted: November 15th, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Boris Vishnevsky applied to police in connection with libel launched against him
Press Release, 14.11.2019 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, applied to the police station of Primorsky distrcit in connection with libel launched against him. It is in this disrtict of St. Petersburg that the media of the Patriot media group (head of the board of trustees is Yevgeny Prigozhin […]
Posted: November 14th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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“A strong state cannot be built on lawlessness and humiliation of human dignity”
Participants of the 8th Unified Caucasus Forum adopted a resolution Press Release, 12.11.2019 On November 9-10, the United Caucasian Forum was held in Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria. The Forum aims to unite the leading human rights organisations of the North Caucasus and propel civic initiative to solve socially significant problems. One of the organisers of […]
Posted: November 13th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko joined the action of “metropickets” launched in Moscow for the release of political prisoners.
Press Release, 11.11.2019 Alexandra Nalobina, member of the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, went on a one-person picket (such pickets do not require a permission from the authorities) for the freedom of prisoners of the so-called “Moscow riots case” and against political repression. The picket took place by the Studencheskaya metro station, which is located next […]
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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“Liquidation of the movement “For Human Rights” demonstrates moral degradation of the Russian government”
Nikolai Rybakov on the decision of the Supreme Court Press Release, 1.11.2019 Photo: Lev Ponomaryov On November 1, the Supreme Court ruled to liquidate themovement “For Human Rights”, created in 1997 by Lev Ponomaryov. A lawsuit demanding the liquidation of the organisation was filed by the Ministry of Justice on October 11. The reason for […]
Posted: November 5th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“We must demand the release of political prisoners”. Yabloko continues to participate in one-person pickets by metro stations in Moscow
Press Release, 1.11.2019 Again, on the third Friday in a row, on 1 November, the so-called “metropickets” (one-person pickets that do not require permission from the authorities and are conducted by most popular metro stations) organised by the Association of Independent Municipal Deputies took place in Moscow: the Association invites everyone to participate in one-person […]
Posted: November 5th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “This is a crime of the Stalin’s regime and the entire Bolshevik system”
Grigory Yavlinsky FB post, 30.10.2019 Lubyanka, 2019. Returning of the Names, an action in memory of victims of political repressions – millions of people were killed [in Stalin’s period]. This is a crime of the Stalin’s regime and the entire Bolshevik system. But the Russian authorities still refuse to give an official legal assessment to […]
Posted: October 30th, 2019 under History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko paid tribute to the memory of victims of political reprisals.
Leaders and activists of Yabloko took part in the Returning of the Names action Press Release, 30.10.2019 On 29 October, on the eve of the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Reprisals, Yabloko leaders and activists took part in the action Returning of the Names organised by the Memorial human rights society. Thousands of […]
Posted: October 30th, 2019 under History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Yabloko to control development of the situation around the Civil Rights Committee
Press Release, 23.102019 On the evening of 22 October, security officials (presumably employees of the Investigative Committee), accompanied by cameras of the NTV television channel, came to the Moscow office of the human rights organisation Committee “For Civil Rights”, headed by Andrei Babushkin, member of the federal Bureau of the Yabloko party.
Posted: October 23rd, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko leaders on the dismissal of renowned members of the Presidential Human Rights Council
Special for the web-site of Yabloko, 22.10.2019 Photo: Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Fedotov. Photo by RIA Novosti President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Valery Fadeyev, former anchor of the Vremya programme on Channel One, as the new head of the Human Rights Council. At the same time, Putin signed a decree on changing the […]
Posted: October 23rd, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko in Tatarstan will hold a rally against political repression
Press Release, 21.10.2019 The branch of Yabloko in Tatarstan will hold a rally against political reprisals. The action will be held in Kazan on 2 November and is dedicated to the day of memory of victims of political reprisals, as well as the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. The action starts […]
Posted: October 21st, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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“As long as there are political prisoners in Russia, Russia will not have a worthy future”
Members of the Yabloko party came out on one-person pickets Press Release, 19.10.2019 On Friday, October 18, one-person pickets (that do not require permissions from the authorities) were organised by the Association of Independent Municipal Deputies. Picketing took place by metro stations at the end of the working day. The purpose of the action was […]
Posted: October 21st, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Putinism” means lies, war and corruption
yavlinsky.ru, 17.10.2019 Question: What is “Putinism” and is it true that it is such a “political life hack”, as they write about it now? Grigory Yavlinsky: “Putinism” means contempt for a person and his/her dignity, suppression of freedom, instilling fear, corruption, ignoring international law and increasing confrontation with developed countries of the world.
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yelena Dubrovina presented Yabloko’s proposals on electoral reform at the Ural Forum of Constitutional Law Experts
Press Release, 17.10.2019 Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, head of the Centre for Legislative Initiatives of the Yabloko party, honored lawyer of Russia, candidate of legal sciences and member of the Central Electoral Commission of Russia in 1999-2017, took part in the Ural Forum of Constitutional Law Experts, […]
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Yabloko to challenge the unlawful court decision on Daria Bolshakova
Press Release, 16.10.2019 Daria Bolshakova, member of the Yabloko party and activist of the Kaliningrad branch of the Russian Feminist Association ONA, was found guilty of organising a mass rally without notifying the authorities (Article 20.2 Part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation), having awarded her a fine of 10,000 […]
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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