On May 29, 2013 during a session of the city council mayor of Kurgan Alexander Yakushev has officially stated his position regarding the appeals to court on eviction of Roma people living in one of the districts of this city….
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Helping defend labor rights
On May 23, 2013 the staff of ADC “Memorial” helped labor migrants from Uzbekistan and Tadzhikistan to defend their labor rights violated by ”Novy Dom” cleaning company. The workers were employed at various positions within the company, servicing “Laplandia Fish” food
Multi-ethnic football tournament
Children from migrant families coming from various ethnic groups took part in a multi-ethnic football tournament on May 25, 2013 in Saint Petersburg. Parents and children, as well as the activists of ADC ”Memorial” and “Children of Petersburg” non-commercial organizations, were both the players…
Brussels, 19 May 2013 On 17 May 2013, the European Union and the Russian Federation held their seventeenth round of human rights consultations in Brussels, allowing the EU to raise its growing concerns on the developments affecting human rights in…
ADC “Memorial” continues its work
Checks of non-commercial organizations in Russia, which have started in late March this year and took more than a month, have consumed a lot of time and energy of the human rights defenders, including the staff of ADC “Memorial”. The…
Cooperation with ombudsman
On May 14, 2013 representatives of non-commercial organizations (NCOs) met with the human rights ombudsman for Saint Petersburg Alexander Shishlov at the office of “Civic Control” NCO. Two main topics discussed during the meeting were ombudsman’s annual report for 2012…