About fifty people, including some thirty children, can become homeless in Irkutsk. Back in 2014 Leninsky district court ruled in a case of Irkutsk city administration against two persons that illegal housing (a Roma settlement) on 1st Kirovskaya street…
On June 8, 2015, ADC Memorial participated in a discussion about justice and the situation of human rights defenders. This discussion was organized by the ISHR and the British mission at the UN in Geneva. This event was timed to…
An unofficially built settlement, where about 50 Roma people, including women and children, live, may be demolished in Irkutsk. Settlements like the one in Irkutsk appeared in our country after 1956 when a decree banning Roma people from leading nomadic…
In mid-May, following a year-long detention in the Centre for temporary detention of foreign nationals, a stateless person born in Georgia, Mr.P., was freed from arrest. His lawyer had made an appeal to the Leningrad regional court against an earlier…
“Novaya Gazeta” had to terminate its work in Chechnya because of the threats received by its journalist Yelena Milashina. Earlier Milashina investigated various dangerous and taboo topics in Chechnya – murders, tortures, reprisals… But her most recent investigation – an…
On May 8, 2015, the day marking the end of World War II, ADC “Memorial” presented English version of its report “Roma and War in Eastern Ukraine: refugees, displaced persons, victims of violence” with the support of the International Partnership…
Editorial Notes New website and new life of Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” International advocacy Roma and War in Eastern Ukraine – refugees, displaced persons, victims of violence ADC Memorial and “Human Rights Movement: Bir Duino – Kyrgyzstan” have submitted an alternative…
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…
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