The newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe published an article ‘Undocumented’ about the trend towards stripping Russians with no second passport of their citizenship has become the latest method being employed by the Russian authorities to exert pressure on activists, with those…
Our colleagues at the International Association Memorial have issued a statement in support of Radio Liberty and Voice of America, important sources of information and political analysis for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As human rights defenders, experts…
Anti-extremism legislation, and anti-terrorism legislation even more so, are hardly unique to Russia. In many modern societies, they are presented as a sad necessity. However, against the background of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the militaristic hysteria fomented by officials,…
The article by ADC Memorial expert Olga Abramenko in the Moscow Times is devoted to the misuse of anti-terrorist and anti-extremist legislation by the Russian authorities. A lot of efforts of law enforcement officers and courts have been pretend to…
The year 2023 was difficult for the Pamiri population of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast of Tajikistan (GBAO). Repression intensified, arrests of ordinary citizens, pressure in prisons on convicted Pamiris, infringement of civil rights and freedoms continued. At the same time,…
December, 14 is a significant date for the Republic of Karakalpakstan. On this day in 1990, the Supreme Council of the Karakalpak ASSR adopted and signed the Declaration on State Sovereignty of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, and in 1992, the…
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