On the occasion of the 13-20 May 2011 visit to the Russian Federation of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg, the NGO Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial (‘ADC Memorial’) takes this opportunity to support all the statements and…
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Statement on the 19th of January 2011
Statement on the 19th of January 2011 On this day, in memory of the antifascists Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, human rights activists oppose the increasing threat of fascism and the inadequate response of authorities towards protests.
Human Rights activists stand up for artists
Social activists Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolayev not released by court On January 14 the Moscow district court of Saint Petersburg examined the objections submitted by the lawyers of Vorotnikov and Nikolayev on prolonging preliminary custody of the artists. The…
In relation to the 20th anniversary of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families on December 18, Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial urges the Russian Federation to ratify this most important…
Russia/UN. PRESS RELEASE. Russia: UN Committee demands to halt increasing racial discrimination
Paris – Geneva – Saint-Petersburg – Moscow, August 19, 2008 – TheUnited Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination(CERD), an independent body which monitors implementation of theInternational Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of RacialDiscrimination, has just released…
ADC Memorial Statement On the Occasion of Human Rights Day, December 10, and the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)