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The BBC has released a major report about the problem of job bans and the women fighting for the cancellation of the list of banned professions. Among the heroes of the campaign #AllJobs4AllWomen are Oksana Shevalye and Svetlana Medvedeva The…

Below is a summary of the Shor activist Yana Tannagasheva’s video project “Coal Kills Us” (ADC Memorial supported its distribution). The Shor are a small indigenous people living in southern Kemerovo Oblast and in neighboring districts of the Republic of Khakassia, the…

The tenth and final story in Yana Tannagasheva’s project “Coal is killing us” is about what should replace the barbaric coal mining in the Kuzbass region. “My tenth and final story about coal titled “A Different Life…” A different life;…

The ninth story from the series “Coal is killing us” by Yana Tannagasheva about the danger of the coal industry for the climate. Today the coal industry is the dirtiest way of producing energy and presents a major threat to…

The eighth “Story about Coal” by Yana Tannagasheva. A video about the persecution and repression faced by opponents of barbaric coal mining. People who have stood up for their land against the barbaric practices of coal mining are systematically subjected…

New Report to Mark International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples ADC Memorial on the Violation of the Environmental Rights of the Indigenous peoples of Siberia “Alluvial Gold Mining is Destroying the Life of the Indigenous Peoples of the Taiga”…

This report describes the catastrophic consequences of gold mining and violations of the rights of the Shor – a small Indigenous people living in the southwestern area of the Republic of Khakassia and in southern Kemerovo Oblast. Placer gold mining destroys…

Beginning March 1, 2022, women in Russia were able to work as flight mechanics, flight engineers servicing planes and helicopters, and mechanics for devices, electrical equipment, and radio equipment. The Russian Labor Ministry published the corresponding order. An updated list of…

Starting March 1, 2022, female aircraft mechanics and technicians will be able to work in Russia in their chosen professional occupation. According to the new order issued by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, the…

You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep the Spring from coming’ Pablo Neruda 161 human rights organisations demand an end to the repression against the Human Rights Center Viasna and all other human rights defenders in Belarus….