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In December 2014 Roma community in Pskov region was shocked by a tragedy of a young woman. Dead body of Oxana K., a Roma woman, was found in the forest not far from the city. As it was later discovered,…

Refusal by governmental authorities to engage in dialogue with human rights activists (such as non-profit organizations that have been labeled as “foreign agents”) renders the arranging of roundtable discussions impossible. Government officials aren’t going to reach out to the activists…

Presentation of a report “Roma and  War in Eastern Ukraine – refugees, displaced persons, victims of violence“ published by ADC Memorial on the International Romani Day. Millions of people have suffered over the past year of combat operations in Donetsk…

Exactly a year ago, on April 8, 2014, Constitutional court of the Russian Federation de facto supported orderly destruction of civil society by the Russian authorities by declining to sustain appeal of Russian ombudsman Vladimir Lukin regarding violation of constitutional…

Millions of people have suffered over the past year of combat operations in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in Ukraine. During this undeclared war thousands of military personnel and civilians have lost their lives, tens of thousands of people have been…

Recently a new federal agency was established in Russia, which will deal with national and ethnic issues. I remember some time ago, when NGO activists were discussing adoption of the law on “foreign agents”, they often said that in Russian…

The UN Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) has taken into account recommendations of ADC “Memorial” in its criticism of the situation with observation of civil and political rights in the Russian Federation. The UN Human Rights Committee has considered the…

Ilgar A., a stateless person, who had left the country of his origin as a child and since then had lived in Russia, was arrested for violation of immigration regulations on February 2, 2015. He had been arrested before and…

On March 22, 2015 Saint Petersburg hosted disgraceful “International Russian Conservative Forum”, which saw about 400 nationalist participants, including members of 11 European parties, which adhere to right-wing rhetoric. Saint Petersburg city authorities de facto supported nationalists, who arrived to…

Labor migrant rights is the most important aspect of the relations between the Russian Federation and the countries from whence the millions of labor migrants it receives originate. This theme should be at the top of the agenda at any…