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For more than a century, March 8 has been considered to be a day of equality of women and men, a day to fight for gender rights. In the Russian Federation (as previously in the USSR), this day is marked…

It has already been three months since ADC “Memorial” had begun its work on the project “Protection of the rights of civil activists.” Since December, 2011, many individuals, including those who were illegally arrested during the protests after the Parliamentary…

ADC “Memorial” received an appeal for help from G.S. – an activist, who was arrested in Kostroma and accused of violating the law on holding public events (she was arrested during a series of single-person pickets against the passing of…

On November 25th, 2011, the world learned of the harsh, politically motivated prison sentence handed down by a Belarusian court to Ales Bialiatski, vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and head of Viasna Human Rights Center….

In the remaining months before the 2011 parliamentary elections a growing concensus emerged that Russian society has become extremely nationalistic. The level of xenophobia is growing each month, to the extent that it could result the repetition of the gathering…

On February 9, 2012, a Roma Children’s Dancing Group, the “Red Rose”, once again was awarded with the honorary title “Exemplary Group.” ADC “Memorial” has been collaborating with the Culture Centre of Leskolovo, the Vsevolozhsky district of the Leningrad region,…