We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned about the ongoing systematic repression of Pamiri Indigenous Peoples in Tajikistan. This repression has intensified since 2022 following the government’s deadly crackdown on peaceful protests in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO). We…
A Russian–Azerbaijani scandal is in full scale, sparked by the brutal detention and torture of ethnic Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg, which resulted in the deaths of two of them and severe beatings of others. Random Russian citizens, harshly detained in Azerbaijan,…
Protection of the rights of groups that are called “vulnerable to discrimination” in the language of modern international law is reminded about on certain dates, many of them in spring. Discrimination against women is discussed rather in March, the topic…
Russia is preparing for the “main autumn holiday” (as it is called on official websites and in the media), which has been held already for 20 years under the name of the Day of National Unity, November 4. Few people…
The Moscow Times: Russia’s Supreme Court last week ruled to ban the so-called “Anti-Russian Separatist Movement” and “its structural divisions” as an extremist organization. Though no organization with this name formally exists in Russia or elsewhere, the country’s Justice Ministry…
On April 26–28, HRDC Memorial will hold a presentation of the “30 Years Before” project. In concert with independent media outlets, human rights activists, experts, and members of civil society, “30 Years Before” is trying to understand what made the…
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