HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN CONDEMNS NEW WAVE OF AIR ASSAULTS ON UKRAINIAN POPULATED CITIES I was having coffee at home this morning in Kyiv, my neighbours were getting ready for work, children preparing to go to school, when our homes started to shake because of a wave of airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital. The attacks caused damage to civilian buildings just next to the United Nations office in
Russian riot police fired tear gas and hit protesters with batons in Bashkortostan on Wednesday after a rights activist was sentenced to four years in a penal colony. Footage showed supporters of Fail Alsynov clashing with police - some throwing snowballs - near the court. Alsynov was jailed for inciting ethnic hatred, which he denies. One protester had a "smashed head", and dozens were detained and injured, monitoring group OVD-Info
Anahit Khachatryan ist 75 Jahre alt, sie wurde im Dorf Gandzasar in der Region Martakert in Berg-Karabach geboren. Über 100.000 Heimatvertriebene haben seit der Offensive Aserbaidschans gegen Arzach im September 2023 die Grenze nach Armenien überquert. Neun Monate lang harrten sie zuvor ohne ausreichend Nahrung, Wasser und Strom in Karabach aus. Viele von ihnen wollten ihre Heimat nie verlassen, doch ihnen blieb keine andere Möglichkeit. Foto: Arman Harutyunyan.
Insgesamt 230 ukrainische Gefangene konnten am 3. Januar im Rahmen eines Gefangenenaustauschs endlich wieder in ihre Heimat zurückkehren. Foto: Telegram-Kanal Präsident Selenskyi. Verschleppter ukrainischer Ingenieur endlich frei! IGFM freut sich mit Familie und fordert Freilassung aller Gefangenen und Verschleppten Frankfurt am Main, 05. Januar 2024 – Der ukrainische Zivilist Konstantin Litvinov ist endlich wieder in seiner Heimat. Im Rahmen eines Gefangenenaustauschs wurde er am 3. Januar gemeinsam mit
Russian doctors published an open letter to Putin demanding that Gorinov be given medical assistance. Russian municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov, convicted for so-called "fakes" about the Russian army, is in a serious condition, according to his lawyer: despite an aggravation of his lung disease, prison doctors refuse to treat him. On 8 December, Gorinov's lawyer described his condition as follows: "Alexei has no strength, even to sit on a chair
Currently the most serious state human rights violation is the invasion of Ukraine IGFM: 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a warning to us On the occasion of Human Rights Day on December 10, 2023, the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) laments the numerous human rights violations taking place around the world. ISHR chairman Edgar Lamm calls the Russian attack on Ukraine the most serious
Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on 10 December. The dispersal of a protest in Chisinau on Sunday, 16 October 2022 The year 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most innovative and global commitments: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document enshrines the inalienable rights to which everyone is entitled - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion,
The website of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe published a declaration by PACE members condemning the regime ruling in Moldova The declaration refers to the disregard by the Moldovan authorities of the PACE resolution on the reform of justice and the development of democratic institutions, adopted in January 2023. The PACE members state that the implementation of the prevetting procedure and justice reform has failed. They cite
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo on Friday. Mohammadi, 51, has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison, and has been banned from seeing her husband and children. Her name has become
Important news for Ukrainians abroad: EU extends temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees in the European Union until March 2025 Temporary protection status entitles Ukrainians to reside in the EU, get a job there and receive health insurance. Also, those Ukrainians who decide to leave the EU and go to their home country will retain their rights in Europe if they decide to return again. "To provide certainty for the