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Brussels, Paris, Kiev – 17 May 2017 On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 17 May 2017, ADC Memorial, FIDH and the Center for Civil Liberties launch a campaign in solidarity with LGBT people in Chechnya and Donbas….

A new publication of ADC Memorial “Imprisoned Stateless Persons in Russia: The Search for a Way Out of a Legal Dead End”, containing an up-date of the Human Rights report “Violations of the Rights of Stateless Persons and Foreign Citizens…

May 4, 2017, Budapest. At the Yearly Conference of the European Network on Statelessness, the expert of ADC Memorial made a presentation on the situation of stateless persons in Russia and on a new step in litigation in the interests…

Evgenia Markova fought for her right to work in Russia as a truck driver for a long time, and achieved her goal despite the law banning this profession as “hazardous for women”. In the video clip (made specially for ADC…

Guissou Jahangiri (Afghanistan), vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), in her video statement in support of the campaign all-jobs4-all-women says about hard economic situation of women in Tajikistan; there is high unemployment, hundreds thousands residents of…

Evgenia Markova fought for her right to work in Russia as a truck driver for a long time, and achieved her goal despite the law banning this profession as “hazardous for women”. In the video clip (made specially for ADC…

Speech at informal briefing with the Committee In today’s Armenia, ethnic minorities are still often discriminated – there is predominance of cultural and social stereotypes towards people that are not ethnically Armenian and have a different religion to that prevailing…

During the informal meeting with NGOs the Committee Experts showed great interest in the problem of non-fulfillment of the decisions of the Council for Equality, the issue of incomparably high levels of intolerance against the Roma people, particularly exclusion from…

Due to the legal assistance provided by lawyer Yury Serov and ADC “Memorial” on April 3, 2017 two stateless persons were freed from the temporary detention center in Krasnoye Selo (Leningrad region) following the ruling of the St.Petresburg city court….

Urgent Need for Sustained Solidarity with LGBTI People in Chechnya and Donbass Violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity are sadly still common phenomena. Many are in need of support, international solidarity, and protection. Recently, the situation…