SOVA Centre Presented Reports on Political Russian Nationalism and Hate Crimes in 2018
On 22 January 2019, the SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis, a Forum member organisation, presented two reports at the International Memorial in Moscow - "A Continuous Decadence: Movement of Russian Nationalists in Spring-Summer 2018" and "The Far Right and Arithmetics: Hate Crimes and Combatting Them in Russia in 2018". [...]
23 Jan 2019
Open Letter to the European Parliament’s Committee on Sustainable Cohesion Policy Funding
Within the next Multiannual Financial Frame (MFF), the European Regional Development Fund / Cohesion Fund Regulation (ERDF/CF) and the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) are key instruments that shape and determine the direction of the European Cohesion Policy after 2020. Ahead of the REGI Committee votes on these two pieces of [...]
17 Jan 2019
ARTICLE 19 Welcomes CJEU Opinion in “Right to Be Forgotten” Case
Thomas Hughes, Executive Director of ARTICLE 19, a Forum supporter organisation, said: 'We welcome Advocate General Szpunar’s opinion that the CJEU should place limits on the scope of de-referencing carried out by search engines. 'European data regulators should not be able to determine the search results that internet users around [...]
17 Jan 2019
New Wave of Persecution of LGBT People in Chechnya: Around 40 People Detained, at Least Two Killed
Since the end of December 2018, there is a new wave of persecution against LGBT in Chechnya based on the alleged sexual orientation of victims, both men and women. Information received by the Russian LGBT Network, a Forum member organisation, suggests that around 40 people were detained; at least two people were killed. Read [...]
17 Jan 2019
From Online Battlefield to Loss of Trust?
A new publication was compiled as a part of the project "Countering Disinformation in the V4 and the Balkan Region: Mapping Needs, Building Capacity and Generating Civic Activism", which have been implemented by the Association for International Affairs (Czech Republic), a Forum member organisation, in cooperation with the GLOBSEC think [...]
17 Dec 2018
Round Table on Xenophobia in Budapest
On 25 October 2018, a round table on hatred and related crimes was held at the Cenral European University in Budapest, Hungary. The event was attended by Anton Khvostov, President of the Centre of Social, Legal and Environmental Initiatives, a Forum member organisation, who prepared the presentation “Xenophobia in Today’s […]
17 Dec 2018
Open Call for Applications for the Emergency Support Fund
AFEW International, a Forum member organisation, and Aidsfonds announce their call for applications for emergency grants in the framework of the Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations. The activities of the Fund are financed by the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Organisations from 10 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia can [...]
17 Dec 2018
Discussion “Wall Around Crimea” on 14 November 2018 in Berlin
On 14 November 2018, SOLIDARUS, a Forum member organisation, will organise the discussion “Wall around Crimea: Results of the International Mission of Human Rights Houses to the Occupied Peninsula”. During the event, the report on the human rights situation in Crimea on the results of the monitoring visit of the [...]
05 Nov 2018
Invitation: Autumn Talks in Berlin on 14 November 2018
The Annual Conference “Berlin Autumn Talks” organised by DRA/ German-Russian Exchange, a Forum member organisation, will take place this year on 14 November. In recent years, “Berlin Autumn Talks” has become an integral part of the Berlin Eastern Europe specialist scene and is preparing to welcome an interested public for [...]
05 Nov 2018
Front Line Defenders Named Winner of 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize
Front Line Defenders, Forum member organisation, is profoundly honoured to be recognized by the United Nations in being named one of the four winners of the 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize as announced by President of the General Assembly today in New York. Read more
31 Oct 2018