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On 31 August 2019, after a long-drawn out process, the final version of the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published. 31,121,004 residents of Assam were included in the NRC and therefore recognised as citizens, whereas 1,906,657 residents –…read more

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations, Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial and Citizen Watch, urge Russian authorities to release and drop all charges against peaceful protesters and to allow independent candidates to run in next month’s election…read more

July 15, 2019 — On the tenth anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova, Chechnya’s most prominent human rights defender, nine international and two Russian human rights groups, jointly with FIDH and its member organization Human Rights Center “Memorial,” call…read more

Statement of Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” for the International Migrants Day, December 18 ADC “Memorial” welcomes the adoption of important UN documents on the rights of migrant children, which include two Joint General Comments of the Committee on the Rights of…read more

On June 12, in cities across the Russian Federation, people gathered to peacefully protest corruption. Many carried Russian flags; some brought anti-corruption signs. Police assembled at the protest sites in advance; almost immediately they began to grab protesters and drag…read more

FIDH and its member organisation Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial (ADC Memorial) express their full confidence in reliability of information provided by their long-term partner Russian LGBT Network who confirmed the facts of kidnapping, unlawful detentions, torture and killings of men suspected…read more