ADC Memorial expresses solidarity with the independent journalists of the Barents Observer, who are being persecuted for their principled support of the rights of minorities, indigenous peoples of the North, and LGBTI+ people. Immediately after the European Court of Human…
On June 25, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its judgment on the case of Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea), on complaints from 2014 and 2018 concerning a pattern of human rights violations in Crimea. The 17-judge…
The decision issued by the court of appeals shocked Kazakhstan’s Dungan community: four pogromists who participated in arson and looting were released from the courtroom (members of the Dungan community said that no compensation was ordered for the tremendous damages…
Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on July 5, 2021, has issued its resolution concerning the legal appeal of Mr. Andrey Danilov, a representative of the Saami people, one of the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the Far North. In 2019,…
Говорит баренц (Talking Barents), an audio-version of all Russian language news made available via podcast services, is the latest move to reach our Russian audience, says Atle Staalesen, founder of the Barents Observer. Following its blockage in Russia, the Barents…
On November 5, 2020, the Eighth Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction annulled two resolutions (No. 151 and No. 152) of the Government of the Republic of Khakassia dated April 15, 2019. According to these resolutions, a total of 17 land plots…
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