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The presidential bill, which suggests toughening migrant regime and introducing strict criminal and administrative responsibility for violation of registration rules, has caused many social discussions. Human rights activists, who paid attention to admissibility of unreasonable restriction of social, economic and…

Brussels, 06/12/2012 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 5 December, human rights defenders called for more importance to be given to human rights in EU-Russia relations at the summit on 21 December. “Human rights are always limited on the agenda. Now we are…

On 13 December 2012 the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the first reading a bill against ‘propaganda of homosexuality to minors’. On 18 December, on the eve of planned hearing of the bill in the second reading,…

Defamation, threats, verbal and physical attacks, administrative sanctions and judicial harassment are used to deter human rights defenders from working with migrants and from combating the rising xenophobia and racism in Europe. Perpetrators can be both state and non-state actors….

ADC “Memorial” congratulates everyone, workers and people who cooperate with FIDH, on the 90th anniversary of the organisation. In December 2012 FIDH was 90 years old, the president of the organisation Mrs. Souhayr Belhassen dedicated this anniversary to all members…

On 30th November, 2012 in press-club “Green lamp” the presentation of two new publications of ADC “Memorial” – human rights report “Roma, Migrants, Activists: Victims of Police Abuse” and “Experience of protection of the right toprotest: Saint-Petersburg, 2010-2012” – took…

On 28th November another training for schoolchildren by ADC ‘Memorial’ took place. In one of the halls in the Central public children’s library by the name of Pushkin 7th grade pupils of 256 secondary school played the board game “Russia…

During the 49th session, opened on 8th November in Geneva, Committee Against Tortureconsidered the fifth periodical report of the Russian Federation on fulfillment of Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishmentwithin past six years. Members…

On Saturday 27 October 2012 in Saint-Petersburg a traditional ‘March against hatred’ took place. The annual action is dedicated to memory of victims of neo-Nazism and xenophobia (the first march took place in 2004 when Nazis killed ethnographer Nikolay Girenko)….

A report “Roma, Migrants, Activists: Victims of Police Abuse” is prepared and submitted to the Committee Against Torture (United Nations) by ADC ‘Memorial’ with the support of FIDH. Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of the Russian Federation, adopted…