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The Moscow Times: When a Moscow court sentenced a 16-year-old boy from the republic of Chechnya to nearly two years in a penal colony last month, it did so in defiance of Chechens across the political spectrum. Murdiev was placed…

The Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Bernard Duhaime, has decided to devote his report to the 60th session of the Human Rights Council, in September 2025, to the question of the documentation…

In the report on human rights violations in Russia (September 15, 2025), the UN Special Rapporteur Mariana Katzarova highlighted the particular vulnerability of Indigenous peoples in Russia. She mentioned the imperfection of legislation depriving peoples numbering more than 50,000 people…

26 September marks European Day of Languages. In many countries, not only in Europe, various events are held to promote and support linguistic diversity: quizzes and competitions, introductory lessons in different languages, mock tests, theatre performances, round tables, and so…

Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” is releasing a series of podcasts about the rights of indigenous peoples. The second episode of the podcast is dedicated to the education issue. Education is one of the ways to shape and/or protect cultural and linguistic…

On September 9-10, 2025, at the 78th session of the UN Committee on Socio–Economic and Cultural Rights in Geneva, experts reviewed the state report of the Russian Federation on the implementation of the Pact. Addressing their questions to the Russian…

International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia (ICIPR), Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial, and the Institute for Ecology and Action Anthropology (INFOE) submitted a joint Parallel Information to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning the situation of the…

The joint report is submitted by the Memorial Human Rights Defense Center, the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial, Civic Assistance Committee, and the Stichting Justice Initiative.

The joint report ‘Information for the CESCR Committee for the concluding observations on the 7th periodical report of Russia’ is submitted by the Memorial Human Rights Defense Center, the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial, Civic Assistance Committee, and the Stichting Justice Initiative….

Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial starts a series of podcasts “Indigenous peoples’ Rights to Land, Resources, and a Healthy Environment,” on the rights of Indigenous peoples. The first episode is dedicated to the environmental rights of Indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples practicing a traditional…