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On October 2, 2014 ADC “Memorial” together with International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), human rights movement “Bir Duyno” (Kyrgyzstan) and Civil partnership platform “Central Asia on the Move” participated in the Human Dimension Implementation meeting, which considered the situation…

ADC “Memorial” is outraged by the arrest of Nabeel Rajab, Bahrain human rights defender, FIDH Deputy Secretary General and President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), who had been prosecuted once again for expressing his opinion, which was…

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) together with its member organization Human Rights Center “Viasna” (Belarus) released human rights report “Arbitrary Preventive Detention of Activists in Belarus”, which was prepared following a joint international research mission together with ADC “Memorial”,…

Alexey, a teenage LGBT activist from Saint Petersburg, was shortlisted for prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize, a prize, which is given on an annual basis to a child supporting the rights of children. Alexey was nominated for the prize on…

ADC “Memorial” expresses its profound indignation and is worried by the reports of persecution of ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples in Russia and territories now under the Russian rule, the attempts to restrict rights of foreign nationals, persons with dual citizenship…

As a member of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum and a colleague of “Soldiers’ mothers of Petersburg” NGO (Saint Petersburg, Russia) ADC “Memorial” has joined the common resolution of the forum demanding to end prosecution of independent NGOs in Russia…