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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 document…

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…

On the 24th of May, the workers of the anti-discrimination center “Memorial” learned of the beating of a migrant worker at the 68th police station of St Petersburg. On the next day I met with the aggrieved person.

The economical and social situation in many Central Asian countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States forces many people to go to Russia “for a better lot”: to earn money and support family and many relatives who retain at home….

I came to St Petersburg to work from my hometown Osh two years ago. For a long time I could not find employment, and I was forced to take any job just not to starve and pay my debts. In…