Theme: NGO

The judicial panel of the Saint Petersburg city court, composed of presiding judge Gavrilova and judges Salnikova and Marina, ruled to decline ADC “Memorial’s” appeal against the earlier decision of Leninsky district court, which had required ADC “Memorial” to get…

Paris-Geneva, April 7, 2014. On International Roma Day, the Saint Petersburg City Court will consider tomorrow the appeal lodged by the Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) “Memorial”, a Russian NGO at the forefront of the defence of Roma’s rights, against a ruling…

The prosecutor’s office has filed an appeal to the Saint Petersburg city court, arguing that administrative prosecution of ADC “Memorial” was legal because “illegal activities of the said organization had not yet been suspended and were not finished because (sic!)…

An appeal hearing objecting the charges filed by the public prosecutor was held today, November, 18, at Zamoskvoretskiy district court of Moscow. The charges filed with the Chairman of the Council of the Human Rights Centre Memorial by the office…

Human Rights Watch Statement about the civil suits of prosecutor against  ADC “Memorial” and “Women of the Don”. Two independent organizations could become the first victims of new legal tactics by Russian prosecutors to limit human rights work. Having failed…

  Some people interpret the principle of the supremacy of law in a completely wrong fashion: they think that witch hunt is the supremacy of law and justice. But this is not so. Supremacy of law and justice means fundamental…