ADC Memorial congratulates our colleague and friend, Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, on receiving his Nobel Peace Prize diploma in Oslo. The prize was awarded to Ales Bialiatski in 2022, when he was imprisoned as a political prisoner of…
He forges his decrees like horseshoes — some get it in the groin, some in the forehead. Some in the brows, some in the eyes. Osip Mandelstam The words of Osip Mandelstam about the actions of the “soul-killer and peasant-slayer”…
Rights in Russia: Mandelstam’s words about the activities of that ‘thug and muzhik-killer’ Stalin are indeed pertinent. In our day, too, they are forging decrees quickly, striking blows against all kinds of ‘muzhiks’, that is, ordinary people—and gender isn’t always…
Urgent! Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial-Brussels expresses support and solidarity to the activists of the Indigenous movement of the North, Siberia and the Far East, who face unprecedented political repression in the Russian Federation. We support the statement of our colleagues, and we…
The Insider: Generating pushback: Eastern European countries are turning away political asylum seekers from Russia and Belarus: In August 2025, Polish border guards returned a 16-year-old Russian citizen to Russia after he attempted to seek political asylum. The case became…
18 December marks International Migrants’ Day, established by the UN General Assembly in honour of the adoption in 1990 of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. The rights of…
In the framework of project dedicated to war crimes committed by Russia against Ukraine, ADC Memorial is documenting violations of children rights, Roma communities and other vulnerable groups. In December 2025, the video was published artistically presenting a documented case…
An expert discussion “War crimes committed by Russia against Ukraine: Joint work of human rights organizations towards truth and justice” took place on 1 December 2025 in Brussels. The event gathered diplomats, members of the European Parliament, human rights defenders…
An expert discussion “War crimes committed by Russia against Ukraine: Joint work of human rights organizations towards truth and justice” took place on 1 December 2025 in Brussels. The event gathered diplomats, members of the European Parliament, human rights defenders…
Anti-Discrimination Centre ‘Memorial’ continues its podcast series on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The fourth episode of the podcast is dedicated to the right of peoples to preserve and learn their native languages. The guests of the episode, Tyan Zaochnaya and…
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