The situation of Tajik migrants in Russia is deteriorating, said FIDH and ADC Memorial in the new released report. Increasingly restrictive migration laws are pushing migrants into irregular situations and increasing their vulnerability, while exploitation goes unchecked. The dire economic…
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“Whether or not you want to, you have to go”
From Tajikistan to Russia: Vulnerability and abuse of migrant workers and their families Paris, St Petersburg, 10 December – The situation of Tajik migrants in Russia is deteriorating, said FIDH and ADC Memorial in a report released today. Increasingly restrictive…
The situation of Tajik migrants in Russia is deteriorating, said FIDH and ADC Memorial in the new released report. Increasingly restrictive migration laws are pushing migrants into irregular situations and increasing their vulnerability, while exploitation goes unchecked. The dire economic…
On December 10, the International Human Rights Day, experts of ADC “Memorial” participated in debates on the rights of Roma people in Russia. Roma people, who live in compact settlements, are entitled to the same rights as any other citizens….
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland published guidelines for the protection and support of human rights defenders at a seminar held on 27 November 2014. The guidelines provide the staff of the Ministry and its diplomatic missions with practical…
Joint press-release of ADC “Memorial” and “Migration and Law” Network On October 17, 2014 the UN Human Rights Committee made a ruling in case of Kesmatulla Khakdar, a citizen of Afghanistan, who lived in Russia for a long time. The…
The Observatory report “We are not afraid!”
Land rights defenders are increasingly the target of repressive measures, says the Observatory in a new published report. The pressure on land has become unbearable and mobilisation for the respect of the economic, social and cultural rights of affected communities…
Over 20 years ago, back in 1992, the UN General Assembly declared December 3 the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Since then the states – members of the United Nations Organization try to time various events aimed at improving…
Dzerzhinsky district court of Saint Petersburg made a positive ruling concerning appeal presented by ADC “Memorial” in the case of M., a HIV-infected Ukrainian citizen, whom Saint Petersburg regional department of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of the Russian Federation…
On November 25, 2014 lawyer Olga Tseitlina managed to get overruling of earlier court decision made by Kirovsky district court of Saint Petersburg on February 7, 2014 in the case of Ilgar A., who had left his country of origin…