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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…

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…

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…

On April 23, 2013 ADC “Memorial” met with ombudsman for children’s rights for Leningrad region Tamara Litvinova. During the meeting the problem of segregation, i.e. separate school education of Roma and non-Roma children in Nizhniye Oselki village (Vsevolzhsky district of…

Mr. M., a convicted Roma from Astrakhan region serving prison term, has appealed to ADC “Memorial” with a claim of unjust criminal prosecution and conviction. His lawyer has forwarded to ADC “Memorial” copies of the convict’s court materials and a letter from him,…

On May 16, 2013 Nevsky district court of Saint Petersburg has ruled in favor of Mr. Lokh, a Ukrainian citizen, in a case against “Granit” company (formerly “Legenda”) concerning wage arrears. Mr. Lokh was employed as a security guard for…