Theme: discrimination

Happy New Year! The end of one calendar year and the start of another is a good time to talk about which events of the past year hold the promise of change and give us something to work on in…

Mr Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, presented a new report on discrimination in the context of housing to the UN General Assembly on October 26, 2021. This described problem is global; different groups…

In February 2019, Internet access to The Barents Observer, an independent Norwegian newspaper, was blocked in Russia. The reason for this was the editorial board’s refusal to delete an article about Dan Eriksson, a Sámi person, which had raised some…

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…

So that Foreigners are Feared and Blamed for Everything Stefania Kulaeva ADC Memorial Statement to the 102nd session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Russia: New ‘Foreign Agent’ Legislation Will Further Undermine Civil Liberties “Female Faces of…

Lots of people are suddenly talking about “discrimination,” even though this word is not used readily in Russia, just like the closely-related concept of “minority rights.” Many still find it somehow unpatriotic to protect and defend minority rights and combat…