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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…

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.

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…

During the meeting the ADC Memorial drew special attention to the violations of the Roma children’s right to education.

On May 9-13 the ADC Memorial with the support of FIDH participated in the preparation of the regular session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva.

In 2009 the project “Advocacy of the Roma children’s rights in schools of the Russian Federation” (supported by Save the Children Sweden) was carried out. The teachers and directors of schools with large numbers of Roma students could visit various…