Госдума нелегитимна. Иранская адвокат получила премию Гавела. День провозглашения республики.

The Duma is illegitimate. Iranian lawyer received the Havel Prize. Day of the Portuguese Republic.

You’re watching news from the weekly rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is October 3rd, 2:30 PM.

On September 21, RusNews reported, citing Moscow resident Alexander Pavlov, that police shocked him more than 20 times with a stun gun after he tried to photograph a board with information about candidates at a Moscow polling station. The election commission chair refused to let him take pictures, and Pavlov waited for police so he could file a complaint. He said the officers who arrived twisted his arm, unlocked his phone with his finger and deleted some of his data. They then filed a petty hooliganism report against him. He now faces court.
t.me/rusnews/91825

On September 28, the Council of the European Union announced sanctions against 10 Russians, including three Supreme Court judges, over the removal of the Yabloko party list from the elections and the persecution of its political figures.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/09/28/human-rights-violations-in-russia-council-lists-ten-individuals-over-the-barring-of-yabloko-from-the-state-duma-elections/

On September 30, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution declaring that the State Duma was not democratically elected. It urged countries not to cooperate with the Duma and to protect emigrants from transnational repression.
pace.coe.int/en/files/36422/html

Pity that when Russians protested against Putin's return in 2011, there was no such response.
ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8_(2011%E2%80%942013)

On September 28, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe announced that Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh had won the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. She has defended activists, journalists and children facing execution in court, and campaigned against the death penalty and mandatory hijab.

She was arrested again in April and released on bail in May. Her daughter accepted the award in Strasbourg, and Sotoudeh sent a video message from Tehran: "One day, the sun of freedom will shine upon our country as well."
pace.coe.int/en/news/10425/2026-vaclav-havel-prize-awarded-to-iranian-human-rights-lawyer-nasrin-sotoudeh

Meanwhile, executions in Iran continue.

On September 30, Iran's judiciary news agency, Mizan, reported the executions of Ali Hemmati and Majid Nikandish. They were detained in Mashhad in connection with the anti-government protests in January 2026. Authorities link them to the deaths of four security officers.
www.mizanonline.ir/fa/news/4921152/2-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-1404-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%86-4-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF

On October 5, Portuguese President António José Seguro will deliver his first Republic Day speech.
rr.pt/artigo/sao-bento-a-sexta/2026/10/02/joao-almeida-e-indiscutivel-que-as-declaracoes-de-passos-coelho-desgastam-o-governo/487559

That day, parliament in Lisbon's Palácio de São Bento will be open to the public.
www.parlamento.pt/Paginas/2026/outubro/5-Outubro-Assembleia-da-Republica.aspx

In the town of Alpiarça, the Casa dos Patudos house museum is offering free tours. It was the home of José Relvas, who in 1910 proclaimed the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the Portuguese Republic from the balcony of Lisbon City Hall.
www.almeirinense.com/2026/09/30/alpiarca-assinala-o-5-de-outubro-com-homenagem-a-jose-relvas-e-visitas-a-casa-dos-patudos-e-concerto/

After a long break, Rusya Rassvet is delighting you and us with her new video, "About Fruits."
amazon.com/dp/B0FFN3QVNM

Russia is not their property.

Unite, build your communities, and support those who resist and one another.