The Khakas, Shor, and Teleut peoples are indigenous residents of southern Siberia. The lands on which they live and practice traditional types of farming are rich with coal, which means that their territories have been rapidly developed by coal companies…
The open-pit coal mining inflicts irreparable harm to the traditional territories of the Khakas, Shor, and Teleut peoples in Khakasia and Kemerovo Province which makes impossible the traditional relations with the environment and threatens identity, culture, and languages of the…
“Uatu has died. The river is our mother, our father. And now she is dead.” We have lost this river. It will never return.” These were the words spoken by a woman from the Krenak tribe in southeastern Brazil about…
To mark the International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9, ADC Memorial published a report: “I Won’t Have Any Life Without This Land”: Violations of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Resulting from Coal Mining in Southern Siberia. The…
ADC Memorial has prepared a review of the situation of vulnerable groups for the EU-Moldova Human Rights Dialogue. ADC Memorial emphasized the situation of working migrants and their families forced to return to Moldova due to the pandemic. According to…
Although the 76th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was held online and face-to-face dialogue with the Kyrgyz authorities did not take place, the Committee’s experts nevertheless reviewed information provided by the representatives…
Within the framework of open consultations, ADC Memorial presented its recommendations to the European Commission focusing on enhancement of EU actions aimed at protecting the Rights of the Child in its foreign policy. ADC Memorial recommended elaboration of special treaties…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” monitors the situation in the village of Cheremza in Kemerovo region, where on June 13, 2020, confrontation occurred between the local residents and the “Kuznetsky Yuzhny” open pit coal mine, which had decided to build a coal…
Paris-Geneva, July 28, 2020 – On July 25, 2020, eminent human rights defender Azimjan Askarov died in custody, after a decade behind bars. Until the end, and despite his critical health status and repeated calls for his release, authorities refused…
During its 78th pre-session, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) compiled lists of questions to Russian and Uzbek authorities. The members of the Committee drew special attention to the particularly vulnerable position of women during…
ru
Feedback