The new Labor Code of Kyrgyzstan has retained restrictions on certain professions only for pregnant and lactating women. Kyrgyzstan was the last country in Central Asia where there were no changes in legislation on women’s right to work and where…
Those who have attended municipal concerts in local cultural centers near gypsy settlements—or taboras, as they are commonly called by both neighbours and residents—have likely heard a lively rendition of a song with the refrain: “Well, what can I say,…
On 4 December 2024, the OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference took place in Malta. The conference was organised by the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP), a network of over a hundred human rights NGOs in the OSCE region. ADC Memorial expert…
MEP Rasa Juknevičienė and Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial-Brussels are organising event titled: “Exploited Lands, Oppressed Peoples: Discrimination and Repression of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia, the North, and the Far East of Russia.” The discussion will take place on Tuesday, 4 February…
Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial launches the podcast series in English in 2024. The first episode is devoted to Indigenous rights. Our colleague Yana Tannagasheva, a well-known activist and member of the Shor people, an Indigenous group in southern Siberia, told us…
In the issue: How Russian citizenship in a war situation has become an instrument of blackmail and intimidation; Russia reformed immigration detention laws after the 10-year struggle for the rights of prisoners of immigration detention facilities; the State Duma passed…
Content Russia’s war against Ukraine and the risk of statelessness Olga ABRAMENKO The decisions of the ECtHR and the Russian Constitutional Court have become law: a victory in the 10-year struggle for the rights of prisoners of immigration detention facilities…
The European Network on Statelessness blog: In recent years, after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has significantly tightened its legislation on migration and citizenship, and some innovations create an immediate risk of statelessness. The long-standing problem of statelessness is rooted in…
The State Duma finally passed a shameful bill on the non-admission of non-citizen children to school if they do not have proof of the Russian language competence and the legality of their stay in the Russian Federation. This is presumably…
Cherta Media published an interview with Stefania Kulaeva on the situation of Roma in Russia: In October 2024, a taxi driver named Elena Manzhosova was found murdered outside Chelyabinsk in the city of Korkino. When locals learned of the crime,…
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