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“Defense of the rights of Russian-speaking people” and prevention of “persecution of people with pro-Russian sympathies” in the Ukraine recently became top concerns for the Russian state officials and mass media and it was this “necessity of defending Russians” that…

On April 8, the International Romani Day, representatives of ADC “Memorial” participated in several meetings of experts, devoted to problems of Roma people, including their defense from police arbitrariness, discrimination and torture. OSCE Expert Meeting on “Police and Roma and…

On April 8, 2014 Constitutional court of the Russian Federation announced its decision regarding the appeal made by human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin concerning violation of constitutional rights on NGOs, which were charged with “performing functions of foreign agents”. Constitutional…

On April 10-11, 2014 ADC “Memorial” participated in OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Prevention of Torture in Vienna. This meeting was organized as part of Swiss Chairmanship in OSCE and was aimed at assessing the progress of OSCE countries…

Paris-Geneva, April 7, 2014. On International Roma Day, the Saint Petersburg City Court will consider tomorrow the appeal lodged by the Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) “Memorial”, a Russian NGO at the forefront of the defence of Roma’s rights, against a ruling…

Saint Petersburg city court will consider appeal of ADC “Memorial” against earlier ruling of Leninsky district court’s judge Moroz concerning recognition of ADC “Memorial” a “foreign agent”. Court hearings will be held by presiding judge Mrs. Gavrilova on April 8,…

On March 26, 2014 Saint Petersburg ombudsman A.Shishlov presented annual human rights report for 2013 to the deputies of the Saint Petersburg legislative assembly. Among other things report featured materials which were prepared by the city’s human rights organizations, including…

What a horrible carnival we witnessed this spring, which is still going on even after Mardi Gras is over! Mummers are everywhere: supposed “Cossacks” in clown-like blue hats, nationalistic criminals with ribbons commemorating victory over the Nazis in 1945, whom…

The right to education is one of the most important social and cultural human rights, while education itself is a necessary condition for children’s socialization.  As a participant of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, which protects all…

Dear deputies, I’m appealing to you following an attack which took place on March 2, 2014 against the participants of a series of peaceful pickets on Isakiyevskaya square. People took to the streets to express their concerns about the situation…