Urgent! Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial-Brussels expresses support and solidarity to the activists of the Indigenous movement of the North, Siberia and the Far East, who face unprecedented political repression in the Russian Federation. We support the statement of our colleagues, and we…
Four years after the detention of Viasna members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic and Uladzimir Labkovich, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human…
Our colleagues at the International Association Memorial have issued a statement in support of Radio Liberty and Voice of America, important sources of information and political analysis for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As human rights defenders, experts…
The Observatory has been informed by ADC Memorial about the opening of criminal proceedings against human rights defender Ilya Shumanov, CEO of Transparency International Russia and director of Arctida. Within Arctida, Ilya Shumanov combats corruption in Russian Arctic region and…
On July 25, 2024, the Russian authorities designated several Indigenous Peoples’ and national minorities’ rights organisations and other groups as “extremist organisations”. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and the Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial (ADC Memorial) urge…
The International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia (ICIPR) expresses extreme concern and indignation over the inclusion of 55 Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, national minorities, decolonial, and other associations in the list of “extremists” by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation….
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