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From 16 to 27 July ADC ‘Memorial’ organized summer camp for Roma children from the settlement in village Verkhnie Oselki in Leningrad region. The first shift of the camp (from 16 to 20 July) included schoolchildren from the first and…

Due to efforts of employees of ADC ‘Memorial’, help from education department in Samara, the administration of Krasnoglinsky district, the administration of school №33, executive office of the Children’s Rights Commissioner, employees of the children’s health centre, 27 children from…

Dear Friends, Last week, on 16 August 2012, FIDH Deputy Secretary General, Nabeel Rajab, President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by the Lower Criminal Court in Manama, Bahrain, in relation to three…

On June 4 Svetlana Medvedeva appealed to ADC ‘Memorial’ for help because of gender discrimination she suffered from, when she applied for a job. As Svetlana said, in 2005 she graduated from Samara River Technical School (speciality ‘ship navigation in…

On 10 ‑ 11 July  2012 Antidiscrimination centre «Memorial» carried out a conference, dedicated to Roma people rights in Russia. About 20 Roma students from the most diverse parts of Russia – Chelyabinsk, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Moscow, Pskov and…

On 7 June 2012 in the group ‘Citizen’s Assistance’(Moscow) a presentation of board game ‘Russia – country of opportunities?’ took place. Employees and volunteers of the organization highly appreciated the game and gave some ideas about making the game available…

Hate speech in Kaluzhskaya press: not guilty Roma-kotlyary suffered from incompetence of journalists. On 15 June 2012 in weekly newspaper ‘Narodnaya gazeta – region’(‘NG – Region’) in Obninsk, Kaluzhskaya region, the article ‘Heroin teddy-bear’ about Roma family selling drugs was…

  What does the term ‘hate crime’ mean, the term that is more and more used recently? What kind of defense is possible against such crimes? Who must be protected? What is the difference between ‘vulnerable groups’ in society and…

ADC ‘Memorial’ opposes restrictions of freedom of assembly and freedom of expression for citizens of the Russian Federation. On 6 June, 2012 Federation Council of Russia approved changes in legislation which toughen rules for conducting demonstrations and strengthen responsibility for…

On June 1-2, 2012 in Stockholm there was a conference “Empowerment of Roma women” organized by NGO “Neve gindoske zuvlia» (New Thinking Women’s Network). Women from Romani communities of Sweden (Kelderash, Lovari, Finska Roma) who work in the field of…