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,…
A court ruling in favor of human rights, especially if the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is quoted, is a quite rare and thus a very welcome event in Russia. Because of that it we are glad to report…
Russian government decided to disband the Ministry for regional development. Various explanations are being discussed, among them the cuts in government apparatus, desire to avoid doubling of administrative responsibilities or the top officials’ tiredness of the constant requests made by…
As the immigration regulations in Russia become harsher and the practices of law enforcement agencies are often based on arbitrary interpretation of the rules, we are witnessing more and more absurd cases when people are prosecuted on ridiculous charges. Recently…
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