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Harry Hummer from The Netherlands Helsinki Committee answers to the question asked by Alessio Scandurra from Observation Mission “Detention Conditions of Adults” at the Antigone Association in Italy “Can Human Rights Activists Facing Trouble…
Alexey Kozlov from the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum (Germany) answers to the question asked by Alessio Scandurra from Observation Mission “Detention Conditions of Adults” at the Antigone Association in Italy “Can Human Rights…
After winning a labour dispute with Aeroflot, flight attendant Evgeniya Magurina and her lawyer Ksenia Mikhailichenko of the Center for Social and Labor Rights told Legal Dialogue why it is against the…
For nearly a decade, environmental NGO Client Earth has been using legal mechanisms to protect their only one but very important client—Planet Earth. Composed almost exclusively of lawyers, Client Earth holds governments…
Statement of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee1 Budapest, 13 June 2017 The Law on the Transparency of Organisations Receiving Foreign Funds, the NGO Law was adopted today by the governing majority of…
In an interview for the Legal Dialogue, Balázs Dénes, executive director of the Civil Liberties Union for Europe, talks about the need for a single, Europe-wide human rights watchdog. What is the…
Can you tell us about the Third Sector Platform [Spanish: Plataforma del Tercer Sector]? Are there differences between what is called “the third sector” and “civil society” in Spain? The third sector…
*This article is an updated version of the original piece published here on 20 July. A week later, the events unfolded in an unexpected manner. The Russian government is testing new criminal…
Sign “No faggots allowed” on Khleb i Sol store in St. Petersburg Resident of St. Petersburg on Her Crusade against a Homophobic Entrepreneur Russian businessman German Sterligov is known for his ultra-Orthodox…
A local court in Perm, Russia found Vladimir Luzgin guilty of “publicly denying the facts established by the International Military Tribunal for trial and punishment of European Axis countries’ major war criminals”,…
The Russian human rights defender explains that in Russia, foreigners who have committed offences almost inevitably face expulsion or deportation, and asks about any solutions to this problem available in the EU countries
A Polish expert answers the questions of a German lawyer
Ресурсный центр развития участия граждан (CeRe) помогает гражданам объединяться, проводить кампании и эффективно общаться с властями
Под запрет попали зарегистрированные в Великобритании «Открытая Россия» и одноименное общественное сетевое движение, а также зарегистрированный в США «Институт современной России»
Соавтор проекта директивы по защите информаторов в Европейском Союзе о важности раскрытия информации и о том, как сложно одновременно охранять законные секреты и делать всю остальную информацию публично доступной
В преддверии парламентских выборов Германия продвигает закон против языка ненависти и фейковых новостей в социальных сетях
Румынский юрист и правозащитник отвечает на вопросы немецкого коллеги
Основанная сразу после начала российской оккупации Крымская правозащитная группа помогает крымчанам противостоять репрессиям со стороны российской власти и дискриминации в Украине
На белорусско-польской границе находится около трехсот беженцев из Чечни, которых не пропускают польские пограничники. Им помогают белорусские правозащитники. «Правовой диалог» изучил положение чеченских беженцев в Беларуси, Польше и других европейских странах
