Elie Wiesel, a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and the author of the well-known autobiographical novel Night, wrote that “only those who experienced Auschwitz know what it was; the rest will neve...

On October 14, 2026, Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels organises a side event during the annual Warsaw Human Dimension Conference of the OSCE (Warsaw, Sofitel Victoria Hotel, Saski room, 16...

Air raid alerts, learning in shelters, the consequences of distance education, and children’s stress: Andrii Yermachkov, an English teacher at Mykolaiv Gymnasium No. 20, explains what protecting a chi...

How Yamal’s Independent Indigenous Association Became a Partner of the Authorities and Oil and Gas Companies

A roundup of news from the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG), one of the oldest human rights organizations in Ukraine. Since 2014, KHPG has been documenting war crimes in eastern Ukraine, a...

9 August — The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This edition of the Bulletin contains a selection of articles on the struggle for the rights of indigenous peoples living in Russia:...

How Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects in the Russian Arctic Affect Indigenous Peoples from Murmansk to Chukotka

More than 100,000 documented incidents of war crimes, thousands of testimonies from victims, and years of systematic work by civil society — this is the contribution Ukrainian human rights organisatio...

Since the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014, and particularly following the full-scale invasion in 2022, civil society organisations have played a pivotal role in documenting in...

Torture is one of the most widespread crimes committed during Russia's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG), nearly everyone who comes ...

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To mark International Children’s Day on June 1 and International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression on June 4, ADC Memorial Brussels and the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group have prep...

A roundup of news from the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG), one of the oldest human rights organizations in Ukraine. Since 2014, KHPG has been documenting war crimes in eastern Ukraine, a...

At the end of April, New York annually hosts sessions of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, an advisory expert body affiliated with the UN Economic and Social Council. The Forum ...

A roundup of news from the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG), one of the oldest human rights organizations in Ukraine. Since 2014, KHPG has been documenting war crimes in eastern Ukraine, a...

The decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (by a judge Vyacheslav Kirillov) that approved the opinion of the Ministry of Justice on the recognition of the international Memorial movem...

There is, oddly enough, a kind of blunt honesty in the decision of the Chelyabinsk Central Court to ban an Oscar-winning film about the militarisation of schoolchildren in the town of Karabash. The prosecutor’s complaint was disarmingly direct: the film expresses a “negative attitude” towards Russia’s war and its authorities. The court went further, invoking

"We are Roma, but we are Ukrainians — and we defend our land" Marking the International Roma Day - 8th of April 8, Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels presents a new episode of a podcast dedi...

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We would like to invite you to an event titled "Voices of Indigenous Peoples against Russia's Repression", which will take place next Tuesday, 3 March, at 13:00–14:30 in the room 5F385 in the European...

From February 22 to March 20, the “Angels of Kharkivshchina” exhibition is on display in Ghent, dedicated to the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The opening took place a...

Talk of a crisis in the UN human rights system is becoming more frequent. The withdrawal of the United States from many UN bodies is alarming, including UNESCO, the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Eco...

On February 22, 2026, dated to the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the exhibition "Angels of Kharkivshchina" will open in Ghent. It is dedicated to the Ukrainian childre...

He forges his decrees like horseshoes — some get it in the groin, some in the forehead. Some in the brows, some in the eyes. Osip Mandelstam (Translated from Russian by: David McDufff: Osip Mandelstam...

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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 politic...

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An expert discussion "War crimes committed by Russia against Ukraine: Joint work of human rights organizations towards truth and justice" took place on 1 December 2025 in Brussels. The event gathered ...

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Proposed by: ADC Memorial and Human Rights Center “Viasna” Co-sponsored by: Norwegian Helsinki Committee, International Legal Initiative Foundation, Human Rights Defense Center “Memorial”, Center for ...

From October 27 to 31, 2025, in Bogotá, Colombia, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) held its 42nd International Congress. Human rights defenders from more than 150 member organizati...