Following a year-long project involving consultations with human rights defenders, a coalition of 18 international and regional human rights organisations released the Declaration +25, a landmark document complementing the 1998 UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders taking into account relevant regional and international…
The Moscow Times: Russia’s Supreme Court last week ruled to ban the so-called “Anti-Russian Separatist Movement” and “its structural divisions” as an extremist organization. Though no organization with this name formally exists in Russia or elsewhere, the country’s Justice Ministry…
Voxpot (in Czech): Za více než dva roky plnohodnotné invaze deportovala Moskva do Ruska tisíce nezletilých Ukrajinců. Mnohé z nich sirotky, na jiné naopak doma marně čekají příbuzní. Jaké plány s nimi Kreml má a existuje ještě šance na návrat?…
The issue includes theses from the European Parliament debate ‘Opposing Russian Colonial Oppression: Voices of Different Peoples’; the Russian state’s usurpation of the ‘ethnic agenda’ and persecution in Bashkortostan; the difficult situation of minorities in Central Asia; the war-time reality…
The Moscow Times: A small Indigenous community in Russia’s Far East republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is challenging a gold-mining giant owned by Russian magnate Alexei Mordashov in what they deem a last-ditch attempt to preserve their traditional livelihoods. Residents of…
According to Radio Azattyk, a new draft Labour Code has been submitted to the Jogorku Kenesh (Supreme Council) for consideration, as the existing Labour Code adopted 20 years ago does not respond to modern realities. At the moment, the Labour…
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