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In July 2012 Stepan Patryshev approached ADC “Memorial” for legal assistance in the case of violation of his rights during a detention by the police officers of the 76th police station in Saint Petersburg, namely captain A.Koshelev, head of the…

Annual “March Against Hate”, which is held each year in memoriam of Nikolay Girenko, an expert on nationalism and xenophobia and human rights defender murdered by the Nazis in 2004, took place in Saint Petersburg on November 2. About 150-200…

In October 2013 European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) communicated an appeal presented by lawyer Dmitry Bartenev in the interests of Moldovan citizen, Mr. Kh., who is infected with HIV and was deprived of the right to join his family…

ADC “Memorial” was approached by three citizens of Uzbekistan who complained about the actions of the officers of Krasnoselsky district division of FMS in Saint Petersburg. Following raids held by the FMS officers against illegal immigrants in Krasnoselsky district, the…

In recent years school №71 in Astrakhan implemented the program for pre-school education for Roma children. Preparatory groups for kids are designed for pre-school children and they are being recruited through older children, who already attend the school, or through…

On July 2-3, 2013 annual conference of Roma students – recipients of scholarships from Roma educational fund was held in Saint Petersburg. More than 50 people from various regions of Russia, Moldova and the Ukraine had a chance to meet…

The number contains the following articles: Roma rights  Program for pre-school education of Roma children in Astrakhan region by Gulnayem Bisaliyeva Annual conference of Roma students

The number contains the following articles: Roma rights  Program for pre-school education of Roma children in Astrakhan region by Gulnayem Bisaliyeva Annual conference of Roma students

“Before the Soviet Union collapsed, the Education Ministry insisted that all children attend school, but not now. Forty percent of the children here do not study at all, said Stephania Kulayeva of St. Petersburg’s Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center. The vacuum has…

In June 2012 Russia adopted federal concept of migration policy for the period until 2025, which defined priorities for guaranteeing rights and liberties of people and citizens, stated that all forms of discrimination were unacceptable and that all national and…