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As a member of international FARE (Football against racism in Europe) network, ADC “Memorial” for several years participates in annual “Weeks against racism in football”, which also organize integration football matches for children of various ethnic backgrounds. On September 10-11,…

A court ruling in favor of human rights, especially if the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is quoted, is a quite rare and thus a very welcome event in Russia. Because of that it we are glad to report…

As the immigration regulations in Russia become harsher and the practices of law enforcement agencies are often based on arbitrary interpretation of the rules, we are witnessing more and more absurd cases when people are prosecuted on ridiculous charges. Recently…

Working group of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women filed a thematic report to the UN Human Rights Council, which focused on the discriminatory legislative norms as well as economic and social aspects of the infringement…

In July 2014 European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has made several important rulings on appeals made by citizens of the Russian Federation concerning conditions of custody. One of the appeals was a result of common work of the lawyers…

ADC “Memorial” in St Petersburg, having been judged in court to be an NGO which “fulfils the functions of a foreign agent” and been forced to close down, has now taken its case to the ECtHR. The  ADC’s human rights…