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In August 2021, amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation and other legislation regulating the legal status of stateless people came into force (Law No. 22-FZ of February 24, 2021, entered into…

The events in Kazakhstan have put activists from protest movements, independent journalists, and human rights defenders at risk. Naturally, their situation is concerning and has become the main focus of international organizations and the media. But the voices of those…

The next Supreme Court session concerning International Memorial is scheduled for December 14. Much has already been said about the fact that this suit insults the memory of the millions of people crushed by Stalin’s repressions and that this threat…

Article 7 of The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (whose adoption is marked on November 20, World Children’s Day) states that a child has the right from birth to a name and a right to know their parents….

European States and regional institutions need to step-up and commit to clear actions to protect the rights of all children to a legal identity and nationality. This includes children born in conflict zones, for whom creative solutions to the specific…

Arkadiy Belinkov, the remarkable writer and a prisoner of Stalin’s camps, said it just right: “If an era…drags people into its atrocities; stifles freedom for various reasons and preaches terror under various names; tramples over the press; destroys the opposition;…