In April 2013 Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has published crime statistics via the new specialized website http://crimestat.ru, also noting violations in the official crime reports by the Russian Interior Ministry. Information published on Prosecutor General’s Office website deals with various…
On April 7, 2013, the Holocaust Memorial Day, ADC “Memorial” took part in a discussion organized by the Jewish Сultural Сenter YESOD with the participation of the Israeli and Polish consulates in Saint-Petersburg. Discussions centered around the problem of historical memory….
International Romani Day, April 8, is celebrated since 1971, when the First World Romani congress has convened, one of the first events aimed at defending the rights and preserving the culture of the Romani people. It was also one of…
Given recent statements by the Russian deputy procurator general Alexander Buksman and the earlier comments by the Russian Ministry of justice that large scale checks of non-commercial organizations in Russia, which started in March this year throughout the country, are…
In her statement Catherine Ashton notices that “the inspections and searches launched against the Russian µGO community and conducted on vague legal grounds are worrisome since they seem to be aimed at further undermining civil society activities in the country. The ongoing…
Human rights publications Hatred of political actors to minorities is a serious reason for objections Stephania Kulaeva International events Discrimination of «visual minorities», roma, migrants and indigenous people: Russia’s report for the UN The recommendations of the UN Committee for…
On March 22, 2013 ADC «Memorial» held the round table «Defending the rights of children from vulnerable groups in St.Petersburg». Besides the lawyers and human rights activists of ADC «Memorial», the representatives of FMS, Coordination council of tajik diasporas of…
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) World Organization against Torture (OMCT) Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS – Egypt) Human Rights Center VIASNA (Belarus) ADC Memorial (Russia) Adoption of an unprecedented resolution at the UN to end the financial strangulation…
A press-conference of the Center for information and analysis «Sova» and Anti-discrimination centre «Memorial» took place at the Institute of regional press in St. Petersburg on March 20, 2013. Alexander Verkhovskiy, director of «Sova» center and Natalia Yudina, expert of…
ADC Memorial is organising a round table «Migrants’ children in Saint-Petersburg: defending the rights of children from vulnеrable groups». Representatives of law-enfoercement bodies, FMS (Federal Migration Service), social services as well as ombudsmen, human rights defenders, journalists and parents of…
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