Anti-extremism legislation, and anti-terrorism legislation even more so, are hardly unique to Russia. In many modern societies, they are presented as a sad necessity. However, against the background of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the militaristic hysteria fomented by officials,…
The article by ADC Memorial expert Olga Abramenko in the Moscow Times is devoted to the misuse of anti-terrorist and anti-extremist legislation by the Russian authorities. A lot of efforts of law enforcement officers and courts have been pretend to…
July 14, 2023 marks two years since the arrest, arbitrary detention and prosecution of Ales Bialiatski, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 and chairman of the human rights center “Viasna”, deputy head of “Viasna” and vice-president of FIDH…
21.05.2023, 17.30–19.30 Rue de l’Épée 2, Bruxelles L’Ascenseur, café associatif et radio Dear friends, we invite you to take part in a meeting of solidarity with the political prisoners who are now imprisoned in Russia and Belarus. We will tell…
On Political Prisoner’s Day, ADC Memorial publishes a video paying tribute to the Tolstoyans repressed in Leningrad in the 1930s. They gave their freedom and then their lives for their beliefs: refusing to serve in the army and rejecting all…
Ahead of the High Representative’s upcoming visit to Moscow, Amnesty International is writing to urge the EU to take robust and public action to support those in Russia who courageously defend human rights in the face of spiralling levels of…
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