On July 3, 2011 the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial organised a seminar within the project “Legal help and protection of national minorities in the North-Western region of Russia” (supported by SIDA). Work migrants and foreigners living in St Petersburg participated in…
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As antifascist activists marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of the 20-year-old antifascist activist and punk musician Timur Kacharava on Saturday, they claimed that they are under increasing pressure from the police, while the threat of attacks from nationalist…
Today marks the International Day for Tolerance. ZAKS.Ru gives opinions on whether our city is more tolerant nowadays. The representatives of national communities and experts, including from ADC “Memorial” give their opinions. They beat less, but tolerance did not increase. http://www.zaks.ru (the…
Russia’s minority Roma population has experienced a recent wave of violent attacks and fear they may soon be deported. Link to the transcript and video on abc.net.au.
On February 18, 2011 the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, met with NGO activists in Saint Petersburg. The key problems such as abuse of the right to the freedom of assembly, hate crimes and negative state’s attitude…
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