In 1974 the 30th day of October was declared the Day of political prisoners in USSR. 37 years have passed, and many things have changed. The USSR does not exist anymore, but political repressions still take place in the countries…
Joint statement of the Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” and the SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis Police is not a social group. A criminal case against the participants of the art-group “Voina” (War) has been dismissed. In October, the Investigating Committee…
To the memory of our colleagues : statement of Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” On the 14th of June, the Saint-Petersburg city court sentenced the murderers of Nikolay Girenko, researcher, expert and defender of the rights of ethnical minorities. Voyevodin, organizer of…
On the occasion of the 13-20 May 2011 visit to the Russian Federation of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg, the NGO Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial (‘ADC Memorial’) takes this opportunity to support all the statements and…
Statement on the 19th of January 2011 On this day, in memory of the antifascists Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, human rights activists oppose the increasing threat of fascism and the inadequate response of authorities towards protests.
Social activists Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolayev not released by court On January 14 the Moscow district court of Saint Petersburg examined the objections submitted by the lawyers of Vorotnikov and Nikolayev on prolonging preliminary custody of the artists. The…
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