Geneva, 17 May 2013 Excellency, We have the honour to address you in our capacity as Chairperson and Rapporteur on reprisals, on behalf of the Committee against Torture, which is currently in session in Geneva, following the examination of the Russian…
Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has published its final decision No. 690-O/2013 dated May 14, 2013 on the appeal of D.G.Nazarmamadov, a citizen of Tadzhikistan, whose interests were represented by attorney Olga Tseitlina based on an agreement with ADC…
On June 1, the International Day for Protection of Children, the staff and volunteers of ADC “Memorial” organized an excursion to the Peterhof, a museum and natural reserve near Saint Petersburg, for children coming from migrant families and their parents. Those who came for…
On May 31 regional center “Family” hosted a lecture “Overcoming discrimination of labor migrants in Russia: current issues and anatomy of the problem”. During the lecture and the discussion that followed various discriminatory factors that have impact on labor migrants in Russia…
On May 29, 2013 during a session of the city council mayor of Kurgan Alexander Yakushev has officially stated his position regarding the appeals to court on eviction of Roma people living in one of the districts of this city….
On May 23, 2013 the staff of ADC “Memorial” helped labor migrants from Uzbekistan and Tadzhikistan to defend their labor rights violated by ”Novy Dom” cleaning company. The workers were employed at various positions within the company, servicing “Laplandia Fish” food
Children from migrant families coming from various ethnic groups took part in a multi-ethnic football tournament on May 25, 2013 in Saint Petersburg. Parents and children, as well as the activists of ADC ”Memorial” and “Children of Petersburg” non-commercial organizations, were both the players…
Brussels, 19 May 2013 On 17 May 2013, the European Union and the Russian Federation held their seventeenth round of human rights consultations in Brussels, allowing the EU to raise its growing concerns on the developments affecting human rights in…
Checks of non-commercial organizations in Russia, which have started in late March this year and took more than a month, have consumed a lot of time and energy of the human rights defenders, including the staff of ADC “Memorial”. The…
On May 14, 2013 representatives of non-commercial organizations (NCOs) met with the human rights ombudsman for Saint Petersburg Alexander Shishlov at the office of “Civic Control” NCO. Two main topics discussed during the meeting were ombudsman’s annual report for 2012…
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