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The topic of the UN Forum on Minority Issues that took place in Geneva on 24025 November, 2015, was the protection of minorities in criminal justice system. In the joint statement ADC Memorial and Center for Civil Liberties noted numerous…

Piotr Pavlensky is in detention, but his cause lives on. That is exactly how he sees his role in art – all of his actions are strictly individual and even create an impression of complete loneliness, but in spite of…

As Russians observe what is happening in Europe from afar, one can find rather few opinions on the migration crisis which are sympathetic to the refugees, as different comments, rather malicious and border on panic (“Europe is dying – and…

On January 19, 2015 the first ever march to commemorate Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova was held through the streets of Saint Petersburg. Human rights defenders and activists awaited this for 5 years, during which they had to go through…

On December 10, the International Human Rights Day, experts of ADC “Memorial” participated in debates on the rights of Roma people in Russia. Roma people, who live in compact settlements, are entitled to the same rights as any other citizens….

by Yelena Belokurova Yelena Belokurova is a political scientist, she was an expert for the defense in the most recent administrative court case against ADC “Memorial”. This article, written in January 2014, elaborates on her analysis of supposed “political activities”…