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In recent years, the pride in Kyiv has become the largest in Eastern Europe, while marches for equality also take place in other Ukrainian cities. However, the state does not always ensure the safety of the participants of such events,…

During its 129th session, the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) posed questions to Russian authorities about the country’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In the alternative information submitted to the UN HRC, Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial”…

“Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya was the first woman to be elected president in Eastern Europe.” This is what I hope I will soon read on Wikipedia. But, more importantly, I would like to read that the “women’s protests” changed Belarusian society and…

ADC Memorial, Promo Lex (Moldova), Centre for Social and Gender Research (Ukraine), Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan,  FIDH and other organizations that have supported the #AllJobs4AllWomen campaign for the women’s labor rights express their solidarity and support for the distinguished organization Center…

In the run-up of the review of the Russian Federation’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Committee formulated a list of questions to the Russian authorities, based on alternative reports of civil society, including…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination sent an official request to the government of Belarus regarding the measures aimed at guarantees of the rights of Roma minority following the massive arrests of Roma in Mahileu and other…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination forwarded the official request to the government of the Russian Federation asking to provide information on the anti-Roma pogroms in Chemodanovka (Penza region, 2019) and and on the forced eviction of…

In August, within the early warning and urgent action procedure the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination observed the situation of the anti-Dungan pogroms in the villages of Korday District, Jambyl Oblast in Kazakhstan (7-8 February 2020). In the…

On September 1, 2020, UN human rights experts, including Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Special Rapporteur on…

Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” continues to monitor the situation in the village of Cheremza, Kemerovo region, where on June 13, 2020, local residents began their peaceful protest against the activities of “Kuznetskiy Yuzhny” coal mining company, which had started building its…