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On December 21st, at 19.30 the 15 days of administrative arrest after protests against electoral fraud have finished, and Filipp Kostenko, activist and employee of ADC Memorial, had to be released, but he was not.

On December 6th, 2011, Bijan Musavi, citizen of Iran, was arrested during protests at the Gostiny dvor square.  He and other arrestees were transferred to the police departments and then to the court which sentenced Bijan for a fair.

Does Russia need young and energetic citizens? Sad, but usual story On December 15th, 2011 a family of stateless people, who arrived ino Russia from Georgia and were not able to receive citizenship for more than 20 years, has departed…

On December 13th, 2011, the lawyer of Filipp Kostenko sent a complaint on violations of articles 6 (right to fair trial) and 11 (right to assemble) of the European Convention on Human Rights to the European Court for Human Rights…

For the first time in Russia, Rule 39 of the European Court for Human Rights Regulations was applied with regard to the citizen of Somalia. The lawyer, Olga Tseitlina, stated the corresponding demands in the European Court on behalf of…

On December 10th, 2011, a seminar dedicated to the problems of refugees was held in ADC “Memorial”. Various experts and specialists from different countries and organisations, working in the field of assistance to refugees, participated in it: Irina Fedorovich (Ukraine)…

On December 10th, 2011, the first complaint on arrests during mass protests after the elections was considered in the Kuybyshev district court in Saint Petersburg. The judge decided that the activities of the police during the mass demonstrations were legal…

Statement of ADC Memorial on Human Rights Day, December 10th, 2011 Stop political persecutions of civil and human rights activists! On December 10th, Human Rights Days is celebrated all over the world. Every year on this day the United Nations…

On December 6th, 2011, during mass protests in St Petersburg Filipp Kostenko, public activist and employee of the human rights organisation Anti-discrimination centre Memorial, was arrested and put into detention centre at Zakharyevskaya str., 6, and embarked on hunger strike.

ADC “Memorial,” SRC “Memorial,” International Society “Memorial” held a press-conference “The Arkhangelsk Affair: On the Eve of the Verdict.” The main topic of the conference was the criminal proceedings against the authors, who created the database for a book in memory…