UN Human rights council will discuss report of the UN Secretary General on the problem of persecution for cooperation with United Nations Organization (UNO), its representatives and human rights institutions during the 24th regular session of the organization on September 9-27, 2013. One of…
Massive anti-immigrant campaign is under way in Russia since August. Throughout the country mass media, human rights defenders and activists report detentions of hundreds and thousands of foreign citizens as part of special raids organized by Russian law enforcement agencies,…
An international summer camp for children from migrant families was held in Priozersk district of Leningrad region between July 29 and August 7, 2013. The camp was organized by ADC “Memorial”, it was prepared as part of the project for…
This primer is called “Romano Alphabet”. For many people, it will be a discovery that one can write in the Romani language, and this delusion has its own explanations: for the most part, the Romani languages exists only in oral…
The number contains the following articles Human rights journalism Hunting foreign witches. By Stefania Kulayeva News ADC “Memorial” continues its work International news 38th Congress of FIDH in Istanbul Human rights defenders visit Azerbaijan FIDH mission – Repressions against NGOs…
Some people interpret the principle of the supremacy of law in a completely wrong fashion: they think that witch hunt is the supremacy of law and justice. But this is not so. Supremacy of law and justice means fundamental…
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: OPEN LETTER TO THE AUTHORITIES To: Mr. Vladimir Lukin Human Rights Commissioner of Russia Mr Alexander Shishlov Human Rights Commissioner of Saint Petersburg Mr Mikhail Fedotov Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Paris-Geneva,…
On August 5, 2013 preliminary hearings were held in Leninsky district court of Saint Petersburg on the administrative case of the procurator of Admiralty district against Charitable private organization Antidiscrimination center «Memorial» (ADC «Memorial»). This is a completely new legal…
The legal battle between the public prosecutor’s office and the Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre in St Petersburg is not over. At the end of last week it emerged that the prosecutors’ tactics have changed and that they will attempt once again…
On July 16, 2013 a group of children from migrant families visited Saint Petersburg Planetarium Museum as part of the project of ADC «Memorial» for integration and introduction into city culture. Children saw miniature copies of the Hermitage, St. Isaac’s,…
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