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#SolidarityRomaUkraine   The life of Roma women even in peace-time is full of troubles, like washing, cooking, cleaning, earning the family’s daily bread. The war brought women of Slovyansk into a lot of problems connected to their survival – they…

Joint press release FIDH and Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU) (Paris) On March 3, 2016, the Supreme Court of the annexed Crimean Republic will consider banning Mejlis, the highest representative body of the Crimean Tatar community, accused of “extremist…

For the 65th Pre-session of the United Nations Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Anti-discrimination centre Memorial and  Civil Society Institute (Armenia) submitted  а joint list of issues, related to discrimination of vulnerable groups of women, including migrants, LGBTI,…

Over the past two years, members of the Crimean Tatar nationality and anyone involved in their self-government, the preservation of their cultural heritage, and their fight for their rights and freedoms have faced relentless persecution in Crimea. Many members of…

It’s remarkable how some terms can migrate from their original semantic meaning to become symbols of some political or ideological struggle. Some terms, like ‘class struggle’ or ‘proletarian revolution’, for example, were politically loaded at conception rendering their politicization understandable….

On guilt, responsibility and defending human rights Stephania Kulaeva Forum UN on rights of minorities Olga Abramenko Donbass one year later Sergey Mikheev Against discrimination ADC Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties (Kyiv) made a joint statement at the…

RUSSIA: First human rights organisation liquidated by court for “influencing public opinion” Paris-Geneva, February 11, 2016 – On February 10, 2016, Russian human rights organisation “Agora”, providing legal assistance to nongovernmental organisations and civic activists, was liquidated by a court…

The recent sensational legislative initiative aimed against “coming outs” refers to public demonstration of any relations, which the deputies who had proposed this draft law, find “perverted”. Any means are thought to be appropriate for them in order to justify…

It is rather obvious who is to blame: the Russian government is to blame for the war, disaster, devastation, thousands of dead and millions who have lost their homes. But what’s worse and feels bitter is that the Russian society,…

  In December last year I visited Donetsk region in Ukraine once again (the towns of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Dzerzhinsk) in order to see how half a year of war had changed the life of the local population, especially the…