Theme: human rights

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…

Auf der 75. Frankfurter Buchmesse präsentieren Memorial Zukunft und Memorial Deutschland, die Mitgliedsverbände der Internationalen Vereinigung Memorial, das Projekt Voices of War | Stimmen des Krieges und laden Sie zu einer Podiumsdiskussion in das Fritz Bauer Institut (Universität Frankfurt am…

One of the most noticeable trends in legislative thought in the summer and fall of this year concerns various prohibitions on propaganda. Russian parliamentarians are passionately discussing what kind of “propaganda” they should ban: Article 280 of the Criminal Code…

In awarding Ms Mohammadi the prize, the head of the Nobel committee noted that she fought for women against systemic discrimination and oppression. Narges Mohammadi is a journalist and spokesperson for the Iranian human rights NGO Defenders of Human Rights…