Feedback 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…
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22.01.2011
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…
13.01.2011
Umid means “hope”
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.
13.01.2011
Advocacy of migrant workers’ rights
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…
13.01.2011
Antiracism: Tell me what you think about the Roma and migrants and I’ll tell you who you are
This summer and autumn, a new wave of discussion about the Roma people arose in Europe. This time it is about France where the government decided to deport thousands of Roma, Bulgarian and Romanian citizens.