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The judicial panel of the Saint Petersburg city court, composed of presiding judge Gavrilova and judges Salnikova and Marina, ruled to decline ADC “Memorial’s” appeal against the earlier decision of Leninsky district court, which had required ADC “Memorial” to get…

by Stefania Kulayeva Some witty person once proposed to change the well known words of Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev “Who would grasp Russia with the mind?” by inserting another country’s name there. Thus a following piece was born: Who would…

Editorial Notes “Russian unity” vs. fascism and anti-Semitism of the “shadow world rulers”? Problems of discrimination Racism on the background of the Winter Olympics by Olga Abramenko Manipulating statistical data and the myth of “immigrant crime” by Sergey Mikheyev To…

by Anna Udyarova, lawyer of ADC “Memorial” When I first read the prosecutor’s suit and learnt what they chose as the reason (or, better say, pretext) for our persecution, I was very surprised. It sounded absurd: prosecution for a report…

“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,…