A Russian human rights activist and employee of Amnesty International Russia, with whom DRA has been cooperating for many years, last week, while on an investigative mission in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, was kidnapped, tortured and seriously injured by unknown persons during a staged execution.
This question was the main focus of the workshop the DRA organized together with its Bulgarian partner organization “Sofia Platform” with the support of the Federal Agency of Civic Education of Germany on September 24th at the Luisenbad Library in Berlin.
Successful completion of the educational program for men in the field of prevention and public relations aimed against domestic violence, caused by military actions.
What can everyone of us do to make our city, school or home more environmentally and climate friendly - especially if you are 14 years old? The answer is - REALLY A LOT! And that is what you can learn from participation in the youth exchange “Small Citizens, Big Deeds” in Neschwitz (Germany, Saxony), October 28 - November 6, 2018.
December 28th, 2017 Andrei Rudomakha and his colleagues were violently attacked in Krasnodar.
Andrey Rudomakha is an activist, manager of the NGO Environmental Watch on North Caucasus (EWNC). He took part at protection of such environmental objects as Bolshoy Thach mountain, was also active against construction of the ski resort "Lagonaki" in the territory of Caucasus Nature Resort.
We have lost a true man and an expert of unique significance. It is the end of an era not only for the Memorial, but also for the Russian and European public. DRA is bereft of a close friend and colleague who accompanied our work from the very start.
On 4th December 2017 in Vienna, civil society organisations and activists from Ukraine, Russia and other European countries founded a joint international platform to push for peace and the rule of law in eastern Ukraine.
DRA together with partner NGOs is organizing a session “Enhancing the impact of civil society in the Donbas Conflict” on 6 December 2017 (2-3.30 pm).
In the East of Ukraine more strategic cooperation of different actors is necessary in order to strengthen civil society’s impact on the process of conflict resolution. This was a key message of the side event “Enhancing civil society’s impact in Donbas” on 15 Sept. 2017 in the framework of the HDIM conference of the OSCE 2017 in Warsaw.
The report on the results of the strategic seminar «Involving civil society on the conflict resolution process in Donbas», which was held in Warsaw on June 26-28, 2017, was published.
