Theme: discrimination

Tverskoy district court of Moscow ruled in favor of Mr. A., a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan, who had earlier made a legal appeal against the decision of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human…

Because of a recent attempt by the Russian Orthodox Church to seize St. Petersburg St. Isaac’s Cathedral in February 2017, many people remembered the events of a century ago. The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church also apparently considered the…

Mr. M., a native of Ukraine, who had a passport of a citizen of the USSR, first contacted ADC “Memorial” back in March 2013, following decision of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights (Rospotrebnadzor) decided on “undesirability” of…

It is difficult to watch the recent videos of pogrom of Roma houses in Loschinovka (Odessa region, Ukraine), as so strikingly similar scenes from the past century come to mind. That’s exactly how it starts – groups of people head…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published its Concluding observations and recommendations following consideration of the State report of Ukraine and the alternative materials from non-profit organizations. The Committee’s Concluding observations mention the problems raised in the…

The report prepared by Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” and Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” and Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group have been closely monitoring the violation of the rights of vulnerable ethnic minorities in the situation of armed…