We, the undersigned 50 organizations of the International Federation for Human Rights, condemn in the harshest terms the ongoing attempts by the Russian authorities to liquidate two of Russia’s foremost human rights NGOs: International Memorial and its related organization, member…
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ADC Memorial has released an animation dedicated to migrant children and dated to the World Children’s Day. The children’s right to family life is often violated: they are separated from their parents, they end up in closed institutions – orphanages,…
On the World Children’s Day 20th of November, ADC Memorial and its partners in Ukraine raised the issue of children’s rights in places of deprivation of liberty. The video was released by Magnolia-TV with the participation of experts from the…
Even today, not everyone knows that the term “deinstitutionalization” refers to the restructuring of residential institutions for children, like boarding schools and orphanages. This reform has its supporters, above all, of course, among the employees of this system and people…
17 September 2021 marks one year since the beginning of the crackdown on Viasna, leading Belarus human rights NGOs. Jointly with Viasna, we calls for a global rally under the hashtag #FREEVIASNA to stand in solidarity for our imprisoned colleagues…
Viasna and August –10 Years Later
I remember August 2011 as the month my friend and colleague Ales Bialiatski, a human rights defender and director of the Belarussian Viasna Human Rights Centre, was arrested. Bialiatski was immediately recognized as a political prisoner being prosecuted for this human…
BBC: Not the Job for You
The BBC has released a major report about the problem of job bans and the women fighting for the cancellation of the list of banned professions. Among the heroes of the campaign #AllJobs4AllWomen are Oksana Shevalye and Svetlana Medvedeva The…
The issue reports on the increase in discrimination and hate speech during the pandemic; persecution of women defending human rights in Russia and Belarus; violations of the rights of LGBTI people and ethnic minorities in the ex-USSR countries. So that…
So that Foreigners are Feared and Blamed for Everything Stefania Kulaeva ADC Memorial Statement to the 102nd session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Russia: New ‘Foreign Agent’ Legislation Will Further Undermine Civil Liberties “Female Faces of…
The report of ADC Memorial and AVE Copiii focuses on the problems of children in closed institutions or at risk of getting there: children in prisons or in pre-trial detention, children in the probation system, migrant children, children faced lack…