ADC Memorial joins Large Movements in supporting the call to open the borders of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries to refugees. The situation in Afghan territory is deteriorating even more. Reports on the ground of round-ups by the Taliban, in search of…
Seeking asylum and obtaining refugee status in Russia is notoriously difficult, and the country is often criticized by rights defenders for not doing enough. Even though Russia adopted the UN mandate on refugees, which means it is duty-bound to accept them, a…
As you may know, in April this year the Russian president signed a decree on the merger of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) with the Interior Ministry. In accordance with this decree, FMS was abolished as a separate agency and…
In October and December 2015, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued two principal decisions on legal appeals vs. Russia concerning unacceptability of extradition from Russia to Kyrgyzstan of the citizens of the latter country. These legal cases were…
ADC “Memorial” is shocked by the murder of peaceful people in Paris and by the tragic death of the passengers of the flight A321 from Egypt to St. Petersburg. Pain, sorrow and refusal to accept these event must unite people…
As Russians observe what is happening in Europe from afar, one can find rather few opinions on the migration crisis which are sympathetic to the refugees, as different comments, rather malicious and border on panic (“Europe is dying – and…
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