“For Human Rights” Group Labeled Foreign Agent
On Wednesday, February 13, it was reported that Russia's Justice Ministry labeled organisation "For Human Rights", Forum member, a 'foreign agent'. The Ministry website states that "the group's compliance with the characteristics of a non-profit organisation performing the functions of a foreign agent was established during the unannounced documentary inspection of its activities." Read more (in Russian)
14 Feb 2019
Support “Soldiers’ Mothers”
The Forum member organisation "Soldiers' Mothers of Saint Petersburg" invites all like-minded people to join together and become part of a large community involved in the protection of the rights of conscripts, soldiers and members of their families in Russia. Despite the difficult conditions for human rights defenders, all the [...]
08 Feb 2019
“Investigate it!”: The Book About Civilian Oversight
Human rights project team of the Tak-Tak-Tak Foundation, a Forum member organisation, has launched a fundraising campaign on publishing a book on journalistic and public investigations. The book targets various groups of readers, including journalists, lawyers, civil society and human rights activists, as well as everyone who shares the idea of government transparency. [...]
31 Jan 2019
Memorial’s 30th Anniversary
Today, on 29 January 2019, International Historical, Educational, Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial” celebrates the 30th anniversary of its founding. Since 1989, the organisation has made an essential contribution to developing public awareness based on democratic values and overcoming totalitarian stereotypes, to revealing historical truth and preserving the memory of […]
30 Jan 2019
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
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
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
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
