Fifteen-year-old Arseny Turbin, from the town of Livny, in western Russia’s Oryol region, was sentenced to five years in prison for terrorism on 21 June. Though he excelled at maths and was fascinated by physics and tech, he had planned to study political science, in an attempt to better understand what was happening in Russia and with the hope that it would teach him how to improve the situation further
On July 8, 2024 Brest Regional Court announced the verdict of human rights defender Olga Karach, head of the International Center for civil initiatives “Our House”. Olga Karach was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 600,000 Belarusian rubles (170,000 euros). Together with her, Veranika Tsepkala, Yauhen Vilski, Anatoli Kotau and Vadzim Dzmitrenak received 12 years in prison each. Veranika Tsepkala also received a fine of
A contribution to the special campaign at the Children's Hospital in Odessa, June 3, 2024 Since an IGFM Christmas campaign in 2022 for sick and war-disabled children, the IGFM has repeatedly received calls for help from the central children's hospital in Odessa/Ukraine. In April 2024, an IGFM member, at high personal risk, delivered 10,000 venous catheters financed by donations to the hospital in a small truck and in May the
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case under the article on "discrediting" the army against Eduard Charov, a Christian preacher from the Sverdlovsk Region. On 27 June, the notification about the initiation of the case was published by the preacher's wife Inna Charova, attention to the publication was drawn by the publication "7×7. Horizontal Russia. The reason for the case was a repost of a picture about
Arseniy Turbin, a 15-year-old resident of the town of Livny, Orel region, was sent to an educational colony for five years, allegedly for his participation in the Legion "Freedom of Russia" organisation*. The schoolboy Arseniy Turbin was under house arrest from 5 September 2023 to 31 May 2024 with the right to attend the lyceum, then he was released on his own recognizance, but soon - on 20 June 2024
The German government opposes the deportation of Ukrainians who do not want to work, according to a representative of the German Federal Foreign Office. Photo: Ukrainians in Germany (gettyimages.com) He reminded that Russia attacks targets across Ukraine daily and also tries to destroy infrastructure in the western part of the country. "Therefore, I don't know where there can be a safe place in Ukraine," emphasized the representative of
Kharkiv human rights group received the Lev Kopelev Award Kharkiv Human Rights Group is awarded for its work in the field of human rights Frankfurt am Main/Cologne/Kharkiv, 14 June 2024 - On 9 June 2024 in Cologne, the Ukrainian human rights organisation Kharkiv Human Rights Group (HHG) was awarded the Lev Kopelev Prize. The International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) warmly congratulates the organisation on receiving the award. ISHR closely
Azerbaijan criticized for arrests Azerbaijan is hosting the UN climate summit COP29, but the human rights situation in the country is causing controversy. Calls for a response from the international community are growing louder. Baku - From November 11 to November 22, Azerbaijan will host the UN climate summit COP29. Up to 200 governments will then work out a new global approach to how, among other things, the resources to
Ongoing harassment against human rights activist On Thursday evening (June 6), the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and Memorial Germany held a vigil in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin to demand Oleg Orlov to be released. Photo: Memorial Germany According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), today’s hearing in the proceedings against the Russian human rights advocate Oleg Orlov once again shines a light on
Moldova was among the five countries in Europe with the highest number of prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants. Chisinau Prison No. 13 The data are given in the Council of Europe report on prisons and prisoners for 2023. Over the year this indicator increased one and a half times - from 159.1 to 251.9. The largest number of prisoners per 100,000 population is in Turkey - 408.4, Georgia -