In February 2021 the report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues Fernand de Varennes on the situation in Kyrgyzstan following his official visit to the country in December 2019 was published. ADC Memorial welcomes the report and the recommendations…
In the summer of 2019, a Russian border policeman died when mass fighting broke out in the town of Chemodanovka outside Penza. Twenty-eight people have been charged in the deadly brawl — all members of Roma families who have lived…
The Thomson Reuters Foundation news By Emma Batha LONDON, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A baby left without a nationality after she was born in Spain to a same-sex couple from Bulgaria and Gibraltar is at the centre of…
One year ago, on the night of February 7-8, 2020, the largest ethnic conflict in recent years took place in Kazakhstan – the pogrom of Dungan villages of Masanchi, Sortobe, Bular Batyr and Aukhatty. According to official reports, as a…
Ahead of the High Representative’s upcoming visit to Moscow, Amnesty International is writing to urge the EU to take robust and public action to support those in Russia who courageously defend human rights in the face of spiralling levels of…
News Brig: To carry out her work, Evgenia Markova had to use an assumed name and keep below the radar of authorities. The 36-year-old is not a spy but rather a truck driver – a profession that was banned for…
In late 2020, Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, announced the conclusion of the preliminary examination in the situation in Ukraine; in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia; and in regions of Donbass that are not under…
On 30 December, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a series of laws that would allow individuals to be labeled as ’foreign agents’ if they engage in politics – in the broad meaning of the term – in Russia and receive…
20 Minutos: A pesar de este pequeño avance, el colectivo de mujeres tenía aun mucho camino por recorrer para llegar hasta la igualdad con los hombres. Por ello, tras varios años de protestas, en septiembre de 2020 la lista de…
Thanks to the efforts of the participants of #Alljobs4allwomen campaign, starting January 1, 2021, more than a hundred professional occupations, including some which are in high demand, as those in the transportation sector, will become available for women in Russia….
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