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The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland published guidelines for the protection and support of human rights defenders at a seminar held on 27 November 2014. The guidelines provide the staff of the Ministry and its diplomatic missions with practical…

Joint press-release of ADC “Memorial” and “Migration and Law” Network On October 17, 2014 the UN Human Rights Committee made a ruling in case of Kesmatulla Khakdar, a citizen of Afghanistan, who lived in Russia for a long time. The…

Land rights defenders are increasingly the target of repressive measures, says the Observatory in a new published report. The pressure on land has become unbearable and mobilisation for the respect of the economic, social and cultural rights of affected communities…

Dzerzhinsky district court of Saint Petersburg made a positive ruling concerning appeal presented by ADC “Memorial” in the case of M., a HIV-infected Ukrainian citizen, whom Saint Petersburg regional department of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of the Russian Federation…

On November 25, 2014 lawyer Olga Tseitlina managed to get overruling of earlier court decision made by Kirovsky district court of Saint Petersburg on February 7, 2014 in the case of Ilgar A., who had left his country of origin…

by Yelena Belokurova Yelena Belokurova is a political scientist, she was an expert for the defense in the most recent administrative court case against ADC “Memorial”. This article, written in January 2014, elaborates on her analysis of supposed “political activities”…