Feedback ADC “Memorial” has received official notice from the Russian Ministry of Justice that it had been liquidated. An official statement to this effect was introduced by the ministry into the Register of juridical persons on April 11, 2014. ADC “Memorial”…
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On April 23, 2014 human rights defense association “Lawyers for constitutional rights and freedoms” (JURIX) organized round-table discussion “Strategic legal defense: practice and prospects for development” in Moscow. Lawyers, attorneys and representatives of NGOs from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Voronezh, Lipetsk…
The judicial panel of the Saint Petersburg city court, composed of presiding judge Gavrilova and judges Salnikova and Marina, ruled to decline ADC “Memorial’s” appeal against the earlier decision of Leninsky district court, which had required ADC “Memorial” to get…
“Defense of the rights of Russian-speaking people” and prevention of “persecution of people with pro-Russian sympathies” in the Ukraine recently became top concerns for the Russian state officials and mass media and it was this “necessity of defending Russians” that…
On April 8, the International Romani Day, representatives of ADC “Memorial” participated in several meetings of experts, devoted to problems of Roma people, including their defense from police arbitrariness, discrimination and torture. OSCE Expert Meeting on “Police and Roma and…
On April 8, 2014 Constitutional court of the Russian Federation announced its decision regarding the appeal made by human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin concerning violation of constitutional rights on NGOs, which were charged with “performing functions of foreign agents”. Constitutional…