It is possible that some of you are aware that, starting in June 2003, “Memorial” has implemented a program of free medical assistance to elderly people of gypsy (Roma) origin in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad and Pskov regions.
We continue to tell about schools where Gypsy children study. Today the discussion is about School No. 414 in the village of Volodarka. It recently became fifty years old. By today’s measures, the school is small – almost 300 children…
The Education of Romani Children Has Become a Subject for Discussion amongst Academics, Social activists and Officials
Diverse work on getting children of various nationalities, including gypsy children, to go to school has long been going on at School 462 in Pushkin region. Today the third generation of gypsies living in Alexandrovskaya is studying at the school,…
The roundtable devoted to the Human Rights Day was organised as a part of the 16th International film festival on human rights “Stalker.” The UN senior adviser on human rights in Russia, Russian human rights activists working on discrimination (the…
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In 2009, parents of Roma children from Nizhnie Vyazovye village, Tatarstan Republic addressed ADC MEMORIAL with a request to render assistance in protection of children’s rights to education. The parents complained about the quality of education (the children had difficulties…
A seminar for the representatives of the Korean community in St.Petersburg took place on November 20th in the St.Petersburg House of Nationalities. The seminar was held on the initiative of the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Korea in St.Petersburg…
ADC Memorial’s project for the protection of Roma rights in Russia includes providing assistance for the social and economic rights of Roma, the most important being their right to housing.
Today, November 16, is the International Day for Tolerance. ZAKS.ru provides the opinions of experts (including those from ADC Memorial) and represenatives of ethnic communities on whether our city is becoming any more tolerant. They beat less, but tolerance did not…
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