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“Police abuse – a serious threat to the rule of law”, Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, has stated recently. Among other things Muižnieks pointed out the responsibility of the states and of all the…

Front Line Defenders launched their Rights.Risks.Change! campaign February 11 in Dublin to raise awareness of human rights issues during the Sochi Olympics. Irish Independent: Human rights campaign launched with start of Winter Olympics The Irish Independent attended a press conference…

Paris, Saint-Petersburg — Over the last two years the Russian authorities have waged the largest offensive against freedom since the end of the Soviet Union, according to a report published today by FIDH and its member organisation ADC Memorial. The…

On February 13, 2014, at a press conference in Moscow annual report “Right-wing radicals spread their shoulders. Xenophobia and radical nationalism and counteraction against them in Russia in 2013” was presented by information and analytical center “Sova”. Head of “Sova”…

The Journal: AT THE TIME of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi it is important to remember the human rights abuse of minorities and their defenders in Russia. This is a question for gay people but also for Roma, immigrant…

ADC “Memorial” in cooperation with attorneys Y.Serov and O.Tseytlina is constantly working to protect the rights of prisoners detained at the Saint Petersburg Aliens Detention Centre. This detention center is not different from any prison and people held there (sometimes…