Archive for 'Human Rights'
Lev Shlosberg published a package of bills “on disrespect of authorities to the people” in response to the government’s law “On disrespect for authorities”
Shlosberg’s draft laws envisage for public persons fines up to 1 million roubles, compulsory community service up to 200 hours, or administrative arrest of up to 30 days Press Release, 9.04.2019 Lev Shlosberg, MP of the Pskov regional parliament, head of the Yabloko branch in the Pskov region and member of the Federal Political Committee […]
Posted: April 10th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The organiser of the Arkhangelsk anti-garbage rally from Yabloko arrested for three days
Press Release, 8.04.2019 On the evening of 7 April, the court of the Lomonosovsky district of Arkhangelsk arrested Yury Chesnokov, one of the organisers of the anti-garbage rally in Arkhangelsk and member of the Yabloko party, for three days.
Posted: April 9th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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The Omsk branch of Yabloko participated in a rally for observance of the Constitution and resignation of the Russian government
Press Release, 9.04.2019 The Omsk Public City Council, which the regional branch of the Yabloko party is a member of, held a rally for observance of the Constitution and resignation of the Russian government.
Posted: April 9th, 2019 under Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko met the militarist propaganda train of the Ministry of Defense with anti-war pickets
Press Release, 8.04.2019 On 6 April, the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko organised an antiwar picket. The action was a response to the arrival of the government’s propaganda train “The Syrian Turning Point”, which goes across Russia demonstrating trophy military equipment from Syria. According to the organisers of the picket, on the day the train stops […]
Posted: April 8th, 2019 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Russian Economy, War in Syria.
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Yabloko’s branch in Kalmykia gave negative assessment to regional officials at a rally dedicated to the Constitution of the Republic
Press Release, 1.04.2019 On 30 March, the Kalmyk regional branch of the Yabloko party held a rally dedicated to the Constitution (the Steppe Code) of the Republic of Kalmykia. The rally discussed not only the problems of the Constitution of the Republic of Kalmykia, but also a wide range of issues related to the basic […]
Posted: April 1st, 2019 under Economy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Police searched the office of the Moscow branch of Yabloko for extremist literature
Press Release, 27.03.2019 The police withdrew samples of campaign materials from the office of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party (Pyatnitskaya 28, Moscow) and intends to check them for extremism.
Posted: March 28th, 2019 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections 2018, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Presidential elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov on in the persecution of the Moscow branch of Yabloko
FB post by Nikolai Rybakov, 27.03.2019 Today, we have two news related to the prosecution of our party. I will start with the good one: The criminal case against Lev Shlosberg [MP of the Pskov Region parliament and head of the Yabloko branch in Pskov] and the Pskov Yabloko was closed due to the absence […]
Posted: March 27th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Why did people came out on a rally?
FB post by Nikolai Rybakov, 27.03.2019 Why did people came out on a rally? Because they protect their right to vote. This year, the head of Ingushetia proposed to make such amendments to the constitutional law on referendum so that the republic’s leadership could solve the issues of the region’s borders without the consent of […]
Posted: March 27th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Only the Yabloko party supported the protest of thousands of residents of Ingushetia
Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, spoke at the rally in Magas Press Release, 26.03.2019 A rally against amendments to the constitutional law on referendum is held in the city of Magas, the capital of the Republic of Igushetia, today. If the amendments are adopted, this will allow the leadership of the republic to resolve […]
Posted: March 27th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“Golden Pen 2018”Award: Yabloko’s Lina Zernova won the special prize “For High Quality of Journalistic Work”
Press Release, 25.03.2019 The ceremony of the “Golden Pen – 2018” award for journalists took place in St. Petersburg. Lina Zernova, member of Yabloko St. Petersburg and Co-Chair of the Guild of Environmental Journalists of the Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, won the special prize of the for High Quality […]
Posted: March 26th, 2019 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Protection of Environment, Без рубрики.
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Live Without Fear
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 24.03.2019 In the twentieth year of Putin’s rule, an understanding of freedom in Russia was reduced to the discussion of punishment for posts and likes on the Internet. But what is real freedom? This is primarily life without fear: – when people are not afraid of the police, the National Guard (Rosgvardia) […]
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, will speak at a rally in Magas, Ingushetia, against the new version of the law on referendum in Ingushetia
Press Release, 25.03.2019 Tomorrow, 26 March, a rally will be held in the city of Magas, the capital of the Republic of Ingushetia, on the issue of preserving the territorial integrity of the Republic. Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, will speak at the rally. Residents of Ingushetia are outraged by the desire of […]
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Chair of Yabloko Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva gave a lecture “Fight for Gender Equality as the Task of the Yabloko Party” for St. Petersburg activists
Press Release, 25.03.2019 On 22 March, Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of the Gender Faction of the Yabloko Party, gave a lecture for St.Peterburg activists in the Yabloko office in St. Petersburg. The lecture was devoted to the struggle for gender equality, the history of the Yabloko Gender faction, Yabloko programme provisions for ensuring gender equility, interaction […]
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Activist of the Krasnodar branch of Yabloko was fined for his repost of the video on the lack of schools in Krasnodar
Press Release, 22.03.2019 Alexander Safronov, member of the Yabloko party from the city of Yeisk in the Krasnodar region, was found guilty of committing an administrative offense under Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation “Conducting activities of an undesirable organistion on the territory of the Russian Federation” because of his repost […]
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Statement by the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko on dismissal of journalist Maria Karpenko from the Kommersant newspaper for her criticism of the acting St.Petersburg Governor
Statement of the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko, 20.03.2019 Photo: Maria Karpenko and Boris Vishnevsky, Yabloko MP in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly On Tuesday, 19 March, Maria Karpenko was sacked from her post of correspondent for the Kommersant newspaper. The reason for this outrageous dismissal was [her criticism of Alexander Beglov, acting Governor of St.Petersburg in] […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2019 under Freedom of Speech.
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Nikolay Rybakov: The Alexander Korovainy case is another episode of the authoirties’ struggle against people who want to change the life in the country for the better
Press Release, 16.03.2019 In the Krasnodar Territory, a lawsuit was filed against Alexander Korovainy, deputy of the Yeisk District Council from the Yabloko party, for his repost on Facebook of a MBH-Media’s picture on the rise in prices. Alexander Korovainy was accused of “carrying out the activity of an undesirable organisation” (Article 20.33 of the […]
Posted: March 18th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections.
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Memorandum of Political Alternative
Decision No 109 of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, 12.03.2019 The Federal Political Committee of the party adopted a new version of the “Memorandum of Political Alternative” at its meeting on 1 March. This document is mandatory for signing by party candidates in elections of all levels.
Posted: March 13th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Memorandum of Political Alternative, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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Sergei Mitrokhin fined 200,000 roubles for participation in the action against infill construction
Press Release, 12.03.2019 The Kuntsevo District Court of Moscow fined Sergei Mitrokhin, member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, for 200,000 roubles for his meeting with residents of the Kuntsevo district who oppose the actions of the PIK Group of construction companies.
Posted: March 13th, 2019 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Grigory Yavlinsky about a trial over Oyub Titiyev, head of the Chechen branch of the Memorial human rights society
Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 12.03.2019 Prosecution of human rights activist Oyub Titiyev has been going on in Chechnya for a year now. Nothing defamatory to Titiyev has been found: all the charges look extremely unconvincing, contrived and politically motivated. Oyub Titiyev, Chairman of the Chechen [branch of human rights society] Memorial, is a very strong […]
Posted: March 12th, 2019 under Human Rights.
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No to persecution of Moscow municipal deputies
The authorities must abolish reprisals against the dissenting Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 28.02.2019 Photo: Andrei Morev, municipal deputy from Yabloko and head of minicipality. The Moscow authorities lost the municipal elections in 2017 in a number of [Moscow] districts, and began systematically intimidate municipal deputies. Pressure on municipal deputies is openly criminal and includes […]
Posted: March 5th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections.
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