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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…

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…