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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…

ADC “Memorial” with support from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has prepared report to the 111th Session of the UN Committee on Human Rights devoted to violations of civil and political rights of minorities, including ethnic groups, migrants,…

On June 2-3, 2014 International forum “Cooperation in defending the rights of labor migrants through human rights mechanisms” has taken place in Issyk-Kul region in Kyrgyzstan. The forum was organized by the Civic Platform Partnership “Central Asia in Motion” with…

Nabeel Rajab free, after more than 600 days of arbitrary detention Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Deputy Secretary General of FIDH was released from jail today after being detained for more than 600 days.On…

Russian Constitutional court ruled in favor of ADC “Memorial” in its appeal to check the constitutional legality of Article 7 Section 1 of the federal law “On public assemblies, rallies, demonstrations and pickets”. For consecutive years in 2011-2014 Saint Petersburg…

On May 6, 2014, participants of international network “Football against racism in Europe” (FARE) from Eastern and Southern Europe met in Budapest. Representatives of FARE from different countries informed each other about weeks of action “Football Against Racism” that took…