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Russia’s minority Roma population has experienced a recent wave of violent attacks and fear they may soon be deported.  Link to the transcript and video on abc.net.au.

ИА REGNUM Новости reports on the press-conference in St Petersburg on December 9th.  Stefania Kulaeva, head of programs of ADC Memorial, stated that in a number of schools in Russia children are being divided according to their ethnicity, which is…

On February 18, 2011 the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, met with NGO activists in Saint Petersburg. The key problems such as abuse of the right to the freedom of assembly, hate crimes and negative state’s attitude…

The French Internet blog devoted to a problem of violence in the Russian Federation, has published article about infringement of the rights of labor migrants, on materials of monitoring spent ADC Memorial http://russiaviolence.hypotheses.org/1286  

In Petersburg the independent Uzbek newspaper “Petersburg Ouse” has started to leave. The edition is addressed not only numerous Uzbek diaspora, but also other townspeople. The newspaper is issued in two languages – Russian and Uzbek. On Radio “Liberty” materials.

Upon starting work at school №9, teachers begin to learn the previously unknown to them Roma language straight away. This is necessary, since a large number of Roma pupils attend this school. On January 30th, the school held a seminar…