Theme: indigenous peoples

Before the 134th session of the UN Human Rights Committee, ADC Memorial and activists of the initiative “Revival of Kazas and the Shor People” presented a report on violations of the rights of the Shors, based on the study “Alluvial…

Recently, ADC Memorial has repeatedly expressed concern about the situation in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. In November 2021, arbitrary actions of law enforcement agencies caused mass protests of the local population; the Tajik authorities responded with disconnecting the…

The XV International Festival of Documentary Films on Human Rights “Bir Duino-2021” (Bishkek) ended with the publication of the bilingual English-Russian catalog. The theme of the festival in 2021 was “Human rights in a period of risks and disasters”. Vyacheslav…

ADC Memorial has reported to the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation on the violation of the rights of the indigenous peoples of southern Siberia to safe drinking water and sanitation. Reports from civil…

This pandemic year, the XV International Festival of Human Rights Documentary Films “Bir Duino-2021” was titled “Human Rights in time of risks and disasters”. 45 films from 17 countries were submitted for the competition. During the four days of the…

Dopady sibiřské zlaté horečky: Současná těžba zlata na Sibiři má dalekosáhlé ekologické i sociální důsledky. Nejde přitom jen o devastaci divoké přírody, ale také o ničení kultur původních kmenů. Ruské úřady nicméně nad katastrofickou situací spíše zavírají oči. Ruská Sibiř…