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Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial” office in Chechnya, continued his human rights work after the murder of Natalia Estemirova in 2009 in spite of threats from the authorities. Since 9 January 2018 Oyub Titiev is…

The use of torture by the Russian law enforcement agencies has long ceased not only to shock, but also to surprise the public. In the recent months the media reported several cases of the use of violence against suspects and…

Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” publishes this video-testimony about the use of torture against LGBT persons in Crimea following annexation of the peninsula by Russia. A gay person, who was forced to leave Crimea, testifies about him being tortured by the police…

Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” publishes this video-testimony about the use of torture against LGBT persons in Crimea following annexation of the peninsula by Russia. A gay person, who was forced to leave Crimea, testifies about him being tortured by the police…

Following the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued just over a year ago, Armenia reported on implementation of measures concerning two priority issues. The experts of the Committee had earlier pointed to an extremely…

The Moldovan authorities submitted a report on the implementation of two priority recommendations made earlier by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). These concerned the implementation of linguistic rights of ethnic minorities and the improvement of…

The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) issued its recommendations following consideration of Russia’s state report made at the Committee’s 64th session. Recommendations of the Committee reflected on the problems raised in the alternative coalition report of civil society organizations, in…

In Tatyana Chistova’s film, old Roma survivors of World War II share their memories. Testimonies by: Nikolay and Dusha Bogdanovs, Zinaida Kozlova, Tatyana Tatarka, Pavel Ivanov Lyrics of the song by Alexander Klein Olga Abramenko – vocals Alexander Zubarev –…

Problems of Roma people are rarely reported on TV or in the press, and if they are being discussed, then, as a rule, the media often use negative stereotypes and myths that have little to do with real life. An…

The Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” was present at the 64th session of the UN Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and raised the issue of inhuman detention conditions of stateless and foreign citizens in SUVSIG….