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People keep disappearing – it is time for Russia to take responsibility
Thousands of enforced disappearances have plagued Russia’s North Caucasus region for more than two decades. This group of cases, which the Court has joined to consider them as a group, questions the disappearances of thirteen people since 2005, last seen in the custody of the police or the secret services.
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Internet restrictions in Azerbaijan: Yale students conduct research for website blocking case
Students from Yale Law School have collaborated with EHRAC on a case challenging a block the government of Azerbaijan has placed on four news websites in Azerbaijan for publishing allegedly prohibited material.
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270 years in prison: Azerbaijan’s ‘special security’ operation on town of Nardaran
In the evening of 26 November 2015, masked security forces stormed the town of Nardaran, where the Muslim Unity Movement is based. MUM is an unregistered religious group formed in 2015, whose members describe themselves as “non-violent, conservative Shiites” aimed at promoting the role of Islam.
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Legal Skills Development Programme 2018
From 5 to 8 March 2018, twelve lawyers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine joined the EHRAC team for our annual Legal Skills Development Programme (or LSDP) in Strasbourg.
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Happy International Women’s Day!
To celebrate, we asked 8 of the inspirational women we work with - our partners, clients, our former interns - to talk about how they Press For Progress.
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Ten years on, families of those killed during 1 March protests in Yerevan need answers
To this day, there remain many unanswered questions about the events of 1 March 2008 and no one has been held responsible for the ten deaths.
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Job
NGO skills internship
The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) is inviting applications for a four-month internship placement (2-3 days per week). EHRAC is based within the School of Law at Middlesex University and operates as a non-governmental organisation (NGO). We will consider applications on a rolling basis until the vacancy is filled, as we would like the […]
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Resource | Training resource | 26 Feb 2018 | By Ramute Remezaite and Jack Dahlsen
Explainer: Council of Europe Infringement Proceedings against Azerbaijan
EHRAC Legal Consultant Ramute Remezaite and Intern Jack Dahlsen explain what infringement proceedings are, and why it is significant that they have been initiated against Azerbaijan.
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Russian speaking NGO skills internship
The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) is inviting applications from Russian speakers for a four-month internship placement (2-3 days per week). EHRAC is based within the School of Law at Middlesex University and operates as a non-governmental organisation (NGO). We will consider applications on a rolling basis until the vacancy is filled, as we […]
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What should happen after the European Court finds a ‘misuse of power’ in criminal proceedings against a leading opposition politician?
Under cover of darkness one night in December 2013, Ivane Merabishvili was hauled from his prison cell and taken to meet two of the highest ranking officials in Georgian law enforcement.