Harm reduction workers say they will open an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Parkdale on Monday, just weeks after the province announced it would “pause” funding for future sites across the province.
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Moscow court orders 20-day detention for Navalny for organizing several unsanctioned rallies
Published time: 2 Oct, 2017 23:26 Russian blogger turned opposition figure Aleksey Navalny has been found guilty of repeatedly violating the law by organizing unauthorized public events, meetings or protests. He is now to be placed under administrative arrest for 20 days. Read more The decision was announced by a Moscow judge Monday following Navalny’s […]
Citing overdose ‘crisis,’ police to allow unsanctioned Toronto injection site
An unofficial “overdose prevention site” opened today in downtown Toronto, staffed by harm reduction workers with anti-overdose medication at the ready. Police were at the scene but allowed the site to operate. CBC | Health News
Moscow warns against provocations as opposition moves ‘very peaceful event’ to unsanctioned location
Russian opposition activist Aleksey Navalny has, on the eve of his protest event in Moscow, decided to switch the June 12 demonstration from an approved location to an unsanctioned one. City authorities called Navalny’s move a deliberate provocation. “We are cancelling the rally on [Prospekt Akademika] Sakharova and relocating our very peaceful event to Tverskaya […]
Khodorkovsky’s Open Russia holds unsanctioned protests across country
On Wednesday, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office put the group on the list of undesirable foreign organizations. “Their activities are aimed at inciting protests and destabilizing [Russia’s] domestic political situation, presenting a threat to the constitutional foundations of the Russian Federation and the security of the state,” the prosecutor general said in a statement. […]
Kremlin warns Navalny supporters against unsanctioned rally
Published time: 24 Mar, 2017 13:54 The Russian president’s press secretary says top Kremlin officials are keeping track on developments around a rally planned by supporters of anti-corruption activist Aleksey Navalny, but warned them against launching unlicensed protests. “We are certainly following these developments. We note the timely work of Moscow municipal authorities and Moscow […]
