Archive for 'Youth Policies'
YABLOKO representatives held meetings with German liberals
Press release, 22.06.2016 YABLOKO’s Deputy Chair Alexander Gnezdilov, Moscow Yabloko Youth leaders Nikolai Kavkazsky and Maria Yefimova held meetings with Board members of Junge Liberale (the FDP youth wing) Konstantin Kuhle, Katharina Schreiner, Florian Philipp Ott, Phil Hackemann, Florian Zeimi and Franziska Brandmann on June 18 and 20.
Posted: June 23rd, 2016 under YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family, Youth Policies.
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St.Petersburg Yabloko Youth reelected Chair for a second term
Press release, 14.06.2016 An election meeting of the St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO Youth took place on 11 June. The incumbent Chairman Daniel Semyonov was reelected for a second term.
Posted: June 14th, 2016 under Elections, Youth Policies.
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Free Mikhail Konev!
26.04.2016 Yabloko Youth calls for the immediate release of Mikhail Konev, leader of PARNAS Youth wing. According to the reports on the social media, Mikhail has been kidnapped from the military registration and enlistment office in Moscow. Despite the fact that the activist has an exemption from military service the army conscription commission found him fit […]
Posted: April 26th, 2016 under Human Rights, The Russian Army, Youth Policies.
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St.Petersburg YABLOKO Youth supports persecuted student
Press release, 11.04.2016 St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO Youth forwarded an appeal to city Ombudsman Alexander Shishlov calling to protect the rights and lawful interests of an underage student.
Posted: April 13th, 2016 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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Moscow YABLOKO Youth protested against bill on National Guard
Press release, 08.04.2016 On 8 April, YABLOKO Youth activits conducted a series of one-person pickets outside the Presidential Administration protesting against the creation of the National Guard. The activits claim that the true aim of the new structure is to suppress opposition demonstrations.
Posted: April 10th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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Youth YABLOKO offered President of Russia to resign due to the scandal with offshore companies
Press release, 07.04.2016 On 6 April Andrei Sklyarov, leader of Youth YABLOKO in Rostov conducted a picket where he asked Vladimir Putin to follow the example of Prime Minister of Iceland and resign.
Posted: April 8th, 2016 under Street Actions, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Youth Policies.
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Tula YABLOKO Youth protested against conscription
Press release, 05.04.2016 YABLOKO Youth activists in Tula joined the federal action of protest conducted by the youth faction of YABLOKO against the conscription system in Russia. The action was timed to the beginning of the spring draft.
Posted: April 6th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, The Russian Army, Youth Policies.
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Sverdlovsk YABLOKO Youth conducted pickets agaisnt conscription
Press release, 06.04.2016 On 5 April, the Sverdlovsk region YABLOKO Youth conducted one-person pickets against the draft system in Russia. The street action of protest took place by the military registration and enlistment office in Yekaterinburg.
Posted: April 6th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, The Russian Army, Youth Policies.
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Novosibirsk YABLOKO Youth conducted picketing against conscription
Press release, 04.04.2016 The Novosibirsk YABLOKO Youth conducted a picket against the conscription system in Russia. The activits claim that Russia must move to a professional army based on contract principles. The protest action took place in the city centre. The local party activits also participated in the event.
Posted: April 5th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, The Russian Army, Youth Policies.
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Stavropol YABLOKO Youth protests against conscription
Press release, 04.04.2016 On 3 April, the Stavropol branch of YABLOKO Youth conducted a one-person picket against the conscription system in Russia.
Posted: April 5th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, The Russian Army, Youth Policies.
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Moscow YABLOKO Youth conducted picketing against conscription
Press release, 04.04.2016 On 3 April, Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists conducted picketing against the conscription system in Russia and against the Kremlin’s aggressive foreign policy. The action was timed to the beginning of the spring draft.
Posted: April 5th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, The Russian Army, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO Youth demands that premises must be returned to Centre for Refugee Children
Press release, 20.02.2016 On 20 February, Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists conducted a series of one-person pickets demanding that the Moscow City Property Department must return the premises to the Centre for the Adaptation and Training of Refugee Children. The Centre was evicted from its premises on Thursday.
Posted: February 24th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Youth Policies.
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Pro-Putin activists tried to disrupt YABLOKO Youth’s action in support of Ildar Dadin
Press release, 12.02.2016 The activists of Moscow YABLOKO Youth conducted a one-person picket in support of Ildar Dadin, the political prisoner who had been charged with three years at a penal colony under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code for repeatedly breaking Russia’s protest laws. Dadin became the first politcal prisoner to be charged under […]
Posted: February 14th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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St.Petersburg YABLOKO Youth conducted action to draw attention to lawlessness in Chechnya
Press release, 05.02.2016 Activists of the St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO Youth Ilya Smirnov and Polina Dmitriyeva conducted a one-person picketing suggesting that the citizens should write a letter to Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Administration, with an apology. The action had a sarcastic implication and aimed at attracting attention to lawlessness in the Chechen […]
Posted: February 9th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO demands to investigate murder of 16-year-old girl
Press release, 01.02.2016 The Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO participated in a rally demanding to investigate the murder of Karina Zalesova, a 16-year-old girl, and bring her murderer to responsibility. According to the investigators, the murder was commited by the sun of a prominent businessman. However, he is trying to escape from punishment. Stanislav Zakharkin, Chair […]
Posted: January 30th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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Yabloko Youth showed Wakolda movie
Press release, 29.01.2016 On 28 January, the Moscow branch of Yabloko Youth showed a movie called Wakolda (The German Doctor) in YABLOKO’s main office.
Posted: January 29th, 2016 under YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO Youth in Stavropol conducted picketing against head of Chechnya
Press release, 26.01.2016 Today, on 26 January, the Stavropol branch of YABLOKO Youth conducted a one-person picket demanding to dismiss head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. Kirill Bobro and Ivan Tansky participated in the action.
Posted: January 27th, 2016 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Street Actions, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Youth Policies.
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Yabloko Youth to show Wakolda movie
Press Release, 25.01.2016 On 28 January, the Moscow branch of Yabloko Youth will show a movie called Wakolda (The German Doctor) in YABLOKO main office. The historic drama directed by Lucía Puenzo tells about the life of the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, infamous for performing human experiments in the Auschwitz concentration camp, after his […]
Posted: January 25th, 2016 under Youth Policies.
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Yabloko Youth protested against anti-gay bill
Press release, 18.01.2016 On 18 January, the Moscow branch of Yabloko Youth conducted a series of one-person picketing against the Communist Party’s (CPRF) bill prohibiting to come out as gay. The activists claim that the government must not interfere in the private life of people. They held picketing outside the Communist Party office with the picture […]
Posted: January 19th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO Youth conducted a round table on juvenile justice
Press release, 08.12.2015 On December 8, Moscow YABLOKO Youth conducted a round table on the juvenile justice system. The aim of the event was to break the myths about the juvenile justice which are being spread by the lobbyists of traditional values and “a special way” of the development of Russia. The supporters of the […]
Posted: December 9th, 2015 under Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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