On August 2, 1944, almost three thousand of Roma were sent to the gas chambers in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz – Birkenau (occupied Poland). Just in 2015 a basic recognition of Romani victims was achieved and August 2nd was…
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Discrimination due to Family Circumstances
In expelling foreign citizens for minor violations, the migration authorities are separating families and leaving children without parents, guardians, and breadwinners. Imagine a driver exceeding the speed limit. Or a pedestrian crossing the street in the wrong place. And then,…
Report regarding the situation with Shor people and other indigenous peoples of Russia (CERD)
In July 2019 ADC Memorial, Mysky local civic organization “Revival of Kazas and Shor people” and Institute for Ecology and Action Anthropology (Germany) submitted information regarding the situation with Shor people and other indigenous peoples of Russia to Committee on…
ADC Memorial, INFOE and Shor activists submitted information regarding the Shor people to CERD
In July 2019 ADC Memorial, Mysky local civic organization “Revival of Kazas and Shor people” and Institute for Ecology and Action Anthropology (Germany) submitted information regarding the situation with Shor people and other indigenous peoples of Russia to Committee on…
Hostages of the Kremlin
On July 10, 2019, several dozen Crimean Tatars protested at the Red Square in Moscow holding posters, which said: “Our children are not terrorists. Stop repressions against Crimean Tatars!”, “Stop ethnic and religious repression in Crimea!”, “The fight against terrorism…
In August 2017 Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted the Concluding Observations on the report of Russia. In paras 19-20 the Committee expressed its concern regarding the ban and strict limitations on the operation of Crimean Tatar representative institutions,…
In August 2017 Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted the Concluding Observations on the report of Russia. In paras 19-20 the Committee expressed its concern regarding the ban and strict limitations on the operation of Crimean Tatar representative institutions,…
The issue of immigration detention of children raised in the alternative report by ADC Memorial is included into the List of Issues addressed by the UN CRC to the government of Belarus. The Committee asks to specify the steps taken…
Pour avoir publié le témoignage d’un Sami homosexuel, un journal norvégien censuré en Russie Read more: Le Monde
A small Norwegian news service publishing news from the cross-border Barents region is taking Russia’s media regulation agency Roskomnadzor to court in an attempt to overturn the country’s ban on its online content. The Kirkenes-based Barents Observer publishes news in English and Russian, covering news…