YABLOKO succeeded in recalling the bill on prohibition of street actions in main pedestrian street of Nizhny Novgorod
Press release, 31.03.2016
Today, on 31 March, the Lagislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region made a decision to cancel consideration of the bill on prohibition of public events at Bolshaya Pokroskaya Ulitsa (the main street of the city) from the agenda.
On 22 March, the Nizhny Novgorod branch of YABLOKO issued a statement criticizing the bill. Members of the local party branch participated in the work of the committee on the freedom of assembly in the main pedestrian street of the city and collected over 200 signatures of citizens against the initiative of the Legislative Assembly.
Posted: April 4th, 2016 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.