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Statement of ADC Memorial on Human Rights Day, December 10th, 2011 Stop political persecutions of civil and human rights activists! On December 10th, Human Rights Days is celebrated all over the world. Every year on this day the United Nations…

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…

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…