On October 12, President Tokayev signed the Law “On Amendments and Additions to Several Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Regarding Social Protection for Certain Categories of Citizens,” which removes restrictions on employment for women from the Labor Code….
Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial, Charitable Foundation Sphere and Citizens’ Watch in cooperation with Women.Prison.Society project have prepared alternative information on violation of the rights’ of women and vulnerable groups in Russia for the 80th session of the UN CEDAW Committee. In…
ADC Memorial supports demands to end political repressions in Crimea, release deputy chairman of the Mejlis Nariman Dzhelyal and other Crimean Tatar activists from prison without delay, and investigate evidence of torture that Dzhelyal’s attorney referred to. Dzhelyal and the…
Below is a summary of the Shor activist Yana Tannagasheva’s video project “Coal Kills Us” (ADC Memorial supported its distribution). The Shor are a small indigenous people living in southern Kemerovo Oblast and in neighboring districts of the Republic of Khakassia, the…
The issue reports on the increase in discrimination and hate speech during the pandemic; persecution of women defending human rights in Russia and Belarus; violations of the rights of LGBTI people and ethnic minorities in the ex-USSR countries. So that…
ADC Memorial is deeply concerned about today’s searches and arrests of our Belarusian colleagues from Human Rights Center Viasna and other civil rights initiatives – BHC, Human Constanta, Lawtrend, Gender Perspectives, independent journalists, trade unionists and others. Political repressions against…
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