Theme: discrimination

Over 20 years ago, back in 1992, the UN General Assembly declared December 3 the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Since then the states – members of the United Nations Organization try to time various events aimed at improving…

Recently the world was shocked by a tragedy in Pakistan: 24-year-old Farzana Parveen, who was on the fourth month of pregnancy, was stoned to death for marrying the man that she loved against the will of her parents. The murder…

The Journal: AT THE TIME of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi it is important to remember the human rights abuse of minorities and their defenders in Russia. This is a question for gay people but also for Roma, immigrant…

Tverskoy district court of Moscow has ruled in favor of the appeal against the earlier ruling by Rospotrebnadzor about undesirability of Mr. M.’s stay in the Russian Federation based on his health status of HIV-positive. Mr. M, a citizen of…

In June 2012 ADC “Memorial” was approached by Svetlana Medvedeva, who has faced impossibility to take a practical course and thus complete education in ship navigation due to the ban of her shipping company on her performance as a motor-mechanic/helmsman….

Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” supports the candidacy of Igor Kochetkov for the position of Human Rights Commissioner of St. Petersburg. The priorities of Kochetkov’s human rights program– implementation of a complex, anti-discriminatory, regional law in St. Petersburg and the fight against…