United Nations Human Rights Committee communicated the complaint about political persecution of a human rights activist Philipp Kostenko which was lodged by lawyers Olga Tseitlina and Sergey Golubok from ADC ‘Memorial’ after putting the activist under second administrative arrest in…
The European Court of Human Rights recognized lack of effective independent investigation on death of Roma woman in Pskov police station and awarded her husband and son a compensation. 3 May 2012 the European Court of Human Rights pronounced judgement…
ADC Memorial supports LGBT activists arrested at the demonstration on the May 1st. Human rights organisaton Anti-discrimination centre Memorial helps victims of all kinds of discrimination, provides legal help to civil activists, especially to those who are persecuted and illegally…
Legal rights activists informed the president about the problem of violation of freedom of assembly, illegal anti-extremism and political repressions in Russia and Belarus. The members of the Human Rights Council handed to Dmitry Medvedev the appeal in defence of…
ADC Memorial hosted a human rights conference «Problems and risks of migration in the Russian Federation: protection of the rights of migrant workers, foreign citizens and stateless people». For two days experts and human rights activists from Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,…
At the end of 2010 ‘German Railway’ company made a donation to the Foundation ‘Remembrance.Responsibility.Future.’(Foundation EVZ, Germany) to support victims of Nazism in countries of central and eastern Europe. A charity project ‘Support of victims of Nazi regime in Saint-Petersburg’,…
Saint-Petersburg city court considered an appeal against refusal to accord the march on February 19: during the session shortcomings in work of Committee on Law, Order and Security were exposed. April 24 in Saint-Petersburg city court an appeal against verdict…
In 2009, the mayor of Sochi made anti-Gypsy remarks but was never held accountable under criminal or civil laws, declares a Roma activist Alexander Klein, who is preparing to file a claim against the mayor with the UN Committee on…
December 2011 saw the realization of ADC Memorial’s new project aimed at defending the rights of civil activist who have been subjected to repression and violence. In recent years, a number of social movements have increasingly come to face such…
On April 8th, 2012, a concert, devoted to International Roma Day, will take place in the Youth center “Forpost”. Roma bands and children dancing groups from St Petersburg, the Leningrad and Novgorod regions will participate in the concert. Everyone is…
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