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In June 2011 workers of the ADC Memorial learned about mass violations of foreign workers’ rights. Hired by contractors firms they work as street cleaners in the Nevsky district of Saint Petersburg.

The 34th number of the ADC Memorial Bulletin has been published. It contains:

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…

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.

ИА REGNUM Новости reports on the press-conference in St Petersburg on December 9th.  Stefania Kulaeva, head of programs of ADC Memorial, stated that in a number of schools in Russia children are being divided according to their ethnicity, which is…

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…