It’s happened many times before: As soon as someone is rubbed the wrong way by something, they start screaming “Discrimination!” For many people, the word “discrimination” signifies everything they don’t like, everything that bothers them personally. You failed a test?…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” welcomes the decision of the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Filipp Kostenko and several other applicants. On October 20, 2020, the European Court of Human Rights issued its decision in the case…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” continues to monitor the situation in the village of Cheremza, Kemerovo region, where on June 13, 2020, local residents began their peaceful protest against the activities of “Kuznetskiy Yuzhny” coal mining company, which had started building its…
Foreign footprints are being sought in the Moscow protests. On August 19, the Council of the State Duma adopted a decision to create a commission to investigate foreign interference in Russia’s internal affairs. Apparently, this committee will cooperate, and not…
In mid-May, human rights defenders again came out “in support of the new generation” of young people subjected to repressions for their political activism. The anti-fascists in the Network Case and the young people from New Greatness being prosecuted are…
On June 12, in cities across the Russian Federation, people gathered to peacefully protest corruption. Many carried Russian flags; some brought anti-corruption signs. Police assembled at the protest sites in advance; almost immediately they began to grab protesters and drag…
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