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Kyrgyzstan ploughs ahead with ‘foreign agent’ law
Kyrgyzstan ploughs ahead with foreign agent law, ignores foreign critics The bureaucratic hassle caused by the changes to the law will force many NGOs to shut their doors. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Published by Eurasianet, May 31, 2023 NGOs working with underrepresented groups could be forced out of existence by changes to the law. (Photo: Adilet) …
Revised procedures for observer visits to Russian penal institutions
Procedures approved for public observer visits to penal colonies and pre-trial detention centres A measure that caused public outcry has been removed from a new version of the legal order. 31.05.2023 The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia has approved the rules and procedure under which members of public monitoring commissions (ONKs) can visit penal institutions. …
People with Down syndrome attend abstract painting workshop in Moscow
People with Down syndrome attend abstract painting workshop The “Energy of Colour” workshop was held as part of Museum Night at the Educational Centre of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. 30.05.2023 The workshop was held on 20 May by artist Alla Reshetnikova, and was open to allcomers. The foundations Love Syndrome and Downside Up …
Ukraine’s Diia platform – global gold standard for e-government
Ukraine’s Diia platform sets the global gold standard for e-government Published by UkraineAlert, May 30, 2023 By Anatoly Motkin Several thousand people gathered at the Warner Theater in Washington DC on May 23 for a special event dedicated to Ukraine’s award-winning e-governance platform Diia. “Ukrainians are not only fighting. For four years behind the …
Russia: Bill to criminalise working for unregistered foreign CSOs
Bill to criminalise working for unregistered foreign civil society organisations (CSOs) A new article in the Criminal Code provides for a maximum sentence of three years in prison. 29.05.2023 On Monday, the State Duma committee for public building work and legislation recommended that the chamber pass the bill on first reading. Earlier, a group of …
Yandex donates more than 300 million roubles to CSOs
Yandex donates more than 300 million roubles to civil society organisations Yandex has published the annual report of its foundation Help at Hand. 29.05.2023 “In 2022, we focused on developing our programmes. Thanks to the support of Yandex users, we managed to raise twice as much money compared to last year. We organised more than …
Dialogue on humanitarian support for persons with disabilities in Ukraine
Roundtable dialogue on humanitarian support for persons with disabilities in Ukraine 23 May 2023 News release by WHO Ukraine The war in Ukraine has posed new challenges for persons with disabilities living in Ukraine and, with the thousands of injuries sustained since the beginning of the war, the United Nations (UN) expects this population to …
New working group to improve CSO legislation in Russia
A working group to improve CSO legislation is being created 23.05.2023 Elena Topoleva, Chair of the Public Chamber’s Commission for the Development of the Non-Profit Sector and Support for CSOs, has been speaking about the need for further work in this area. The Public Chamber’s website has announced the formation of a …
Audio version of fairy-tale for children with HIV
Actors from the Patient Zero television series have recorded an audio fairy-tale for children living with HIV 22.05.2023 The idea for doing a voice-over for the Droplets of Health fairy tale has come from the Children+ charity. Actors from the Patient Zero series, the first episode of which was shown last spring, …
Russia to create a register of citizens in need
Russia to create a register of citizens in need 19.05.2023 Tatyana Golikova, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, has said that the register will make it possible to “accurately identify citizens in need” and ascertain whether this data matches information held by Rosstat. According to TASS, the register will be created this year and …