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…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” supports the candidacy of Igor Kochetkov for the position of Human Rights Commissioner of St. Petersburg. The priorities of Kochetkov’s human rights program– implementation of a complex, anti-discriminatory, regional law in St. Petersburg and the fight against…
On the April 5th, 2012, a press conference devoted to the issue of discrimination of Roma people will take place in Moscow. Representatives of authorities distract attention of the publicity from real problems by false accusations and persecutions of Roma…
The participants of the round-table discussion discussed a wide range of issues: the problem of legal defense of the victims of Nazi violence, implementation of anti-extremist legislation and understanding “hate crimes”, the problem of homophobia and discrimination of the minorities….
ADC “Memorial” and attorney Malankovsky saved the Roma settlements in the Tula region from demolition: The project for protection of residents of the Roma settlements, developed by ADC “Memorial” five years ago, saved 13 homes in the Tula region from…
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