It is difficult to watch the recent videos of pogrom of Roma houses in Loschinovka (Odessa region, Ukraine), as so strikingly similar scenes from the past century come to mind. That’s exactly how it starts – groups of people head…
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published its Concluding observations and recommendations following consideration of the State report of Ukraine and the alternative materials from non-profit organizations. The Committee’s Concluding observations mention the problems raised in the…
The 39th FIDH Congress, meeting in Johannesburg (Republic of South Africa) from 25 to 27 August 2016, wishes to express its solidarity and its support with human rights defenders who, across the planet, are subjected to harassment, attacks, repression and…
Vephviya Sordia, a stateless person and native of Georgia, have been imprisoned in the detention center for foreign nationals in Krasnoye Selo (Leningrad region) for more than 10 months awaiting deportation from Russia for breach of immigration regulations (he had…
On August 15, 2016, an initial seminar on the project “Romani language in Ukraine: linguistic, cultural, social and pedagogical aspects” took place in the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine. Books on Romani language…
Kyiv, 12.08.2016 On 10 August, 2016 it was announced that in occupied Crimea the special services of the Russian Federation detained a Ukrainian citizen Evgenii Panov, a bus driver from Zaporizhia oblast. Two days earlier, Russian military equipment was concentrated…
Tristan Tirkia, a stateless person and a native of Georgia, had been imprisoned in the center for detention of foreign nationals in Krasnoye Selo (Leningrad region) for more than a year since February 2015. Conditions of detention in this penitentiary…
Before the consideration of the state report of Ukraine, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination met NGOs who submitted alternative reports to the Committee. In their short statement ADC Memorial and KhPG listed the main issues covered…
August 2 is the International Day of Remembrance of the Romani Holocaust. On the night of August 2-3, 1944 2897 prisoners Zigeunerlager (“Gypsy Camp”) in Auschwitz were killed in gas chambers. Prior to that, on May 16, 1944, an earlier…
Within the preparation for the UN CERD session that will observe the state report on Ukraine in August, 2016, a meeting of NGOs – authors of shadow reports to the CERD and Ukrainian ministries representatives took place in the office…
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