FIDH is launching a global campaign called #SeeYouInCourt – a litigation initiative that goes after corporations that harm the environment, fuel the climate crisis, and violate human rights. Until now, these companies have benefitted from impunity. FIDH, its member organisations…
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Maxim Brisquer, interview with Mr. Romani Rose, Head of German Sinti and Roma Central Council
ADC Memorial issued a number of publications about the genocide of Roma by Nazis in Germany and the occupied countries in 1939-1945: a brochure was published, with the unique testimonies of survivers Roma of the Russian Northwest; video recordings of…
Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial, Charitable Foundation Sphere and Citizens’ Watch in cooperation with Women.Prison.Society project have prepared alternative information on violation of the rights’ of women and vulnerable groups in Russia for the 80th session of the UN CEDAW Committee. The…
Despite the fact that in the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulties in communication between countries, the special decree of the President of the Russian Federation had facilitated the migration regime, the Russian courts continue to make decisions…
Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial, Charitable Foundation Sphere and Citizens’ Watch in cooperation with Women.Prison.Society project have prepared alternative information on violation of the rights’ of women and vulnerable groups in Russia for the 80th session of the UN CEDAW Committee. In…
ADC Memorial joins Large Movements in supporting the call to open the borders of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries to refugees. The situation in Afghan territory is deteriorating even more. Reports on the ground of round-ups by the Taliban, in search of…
17 September 2021 marks one year since the beginning of the crackdown on Viasna, leading Belarus human rights NGOs. Jointly with Viasna, we calls for a global rally under the hashtag #FREEVIASNA to stand in solidarity for our imprisoned colleagues…
ADC Memorial Attains Release of Stateless Person Repeatedly Detained for Lack of Citizenship
Native of Kyrgyzstan Andrei B. has been held in a foreign national detention center twice – his is one of the many cases of stateless people being repeatedly deemed “violators of migration laws” and deprived of liberty for extended periods, even…
ADC Memorial supports demands to end political repressions in Crimea, release deputy chairman of the Mejlis Nariman Dzhelyal and other Crimean Tatar activists from prison without delay, and investigate evidence of torture that Dzhelyal’s attorney referred to. Dzhelyal and the…
The UN CERD criticizes the authorities of Uzbekistan for ignoring the problems of ethnic minorities
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination assessed Uzbekistan’s implementation of the priority recommendations given in December, 2019 during the last review of the state report on compliance with the Convention. The Committee found unsatisfactory the response of…