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On October 2, 2014 ADC “Memorial” together with International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), human rights movement “Bir Duyno” (Kyrgyzstan) and Civil partnership platform “Central Asia on the Move” participated in the Human Dimension Implementation meeting, which considered the situation…

The war in Eastern Ukraine is horrible. Deaths of people, both military and civilian, are horrible. Horrible mutual hatred, fear, lies, crimes… Horrible destruction, disappearance of a whole region. Ukrainian army suffering from hunger and cold is a horrible sight….

ADC “Memorial” is outraged by the arrest of Nabeel Rajab, Bahrain human rights defender, FIDH Deputy Secretary General and President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), who had been prosecuted once again for expressing his opinion, which was…

On October 1 and 2, 2014 Saint Petersburg city court considered legal appeals on two separate cases, in which the prosecuted were accused (among other things) of violations described in Article 111 Section 4 of the Criminal Code of the…

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) together with its member organization Human Rights Center “Viasna” (Belarus) released human rights report “Arbitrary Preventive Detention of Activists in Belarus”, which was prepared following a joint international research mission together with ADC “Memorial”,…

Alexey, a teenage LGBT activist from Saint Petersburg, was shortlisted for prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize, a prize, which is given on an annual basis to a child supporting the rights of children. Alexey was nominated for the prize on…

ADC “Memorial” expresses its profound indignation and is worried by the reports of persecution of ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples in Russia and territories now under the Russian rule, the attempts to restrict rights of foreign nationals, persons with dual citizenship…

As a member of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum and a colleague of “Soldiers’ mothers of Petersburg” NGO (Saint Petersburg, Russia) ADC “Memorial” has joined the common resolution of the forum demanding to end prosecution of independent NGOs in Russia…

ADC “Memorial” expresses its full support for the open letter of the board of human rights’ organization “Bir Duyno Kyrgyzstan” in defense of human rights activist Azimzhan Askarov, who had been sentenced to life sentence in prison four years ago….

As a member of international FARE (Football against racism in Europe) network, ADC “Memorial” for several years participates in annual “Weeks against racism in football”, which also organize integration football matches for children of various ethnic backgrounds. On September 10-11,…