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The murder of Anna Politkovskaya: 15 years later

2021-11-26T10:42:59+01:00

The murder of Anna Politkovskaya: 15 years later On October 7, 2021 the statute of limitations on the murder of "Novaya Gazeta" journalist Anna Politkovskaya expired. "Novaya Gazeta" notes: "This means that those who ordered the murder, whose names have not been released to this day, have officially escaped responsibility". "The investigation has dragged on as long as it could, since the ones who ordered it was policy. And, apparently,

The murder of Anna Politkovskaya: 15 years later2021-11-26T10:42:59+01:00

SOLIDARITY RALLY WITH BELARUS

2022-08-16T14:23:46+02:00

Around a hundred people gathered at the historic Römerberg Square in Frankfurt-am-Main to demand an end to the "last dictatorship in Europe" and the release of all political prisoners in Belarus. Thanks to the ISHR, many German parliamentarians, academics and members of civil society came together to stand up for the Belarusian people. Photo: Valentin Popa. For democracy and freedom in Belarus Together with representatives of Belarusian civil society, politicians

SOLIDARITY RALLY WITH BELARUS2022-08-16T14:23:46+02:00

The ECHR has recognized the Russian Federation responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko

2021-11-26T10:43:02+01:00

The ECHR has recognized the Russian Federation responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko The European Court of Human Rights has recognized the Russian Federation responsible for the poisoning of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko in the UK. His widow, Marina Litvinenko, was awarded compensation in amount of €100,000. The court ruling states that Russia was responsible for poisoning Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium on in the UK in 2006.

The ECHR has recognized the Russian Federation responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko2021-11-26T10:43:02+01:00

Reforms are not always for the better

2021-11-26T10:43:03+01:00

The ECHR Forms New Practice on Judicial Body Legitimacy What is common between the Ukrainian Bar Association's recommendation to members of the High Council of Justice from the Bar to resign and the European Court of Human Rights' decision to recognise the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Poland as a court not established in accordance with the law? Let's look into it and draw parallels with Ukraine. Court

Reforms are not always for the better2021-11-26T10:43:03+01:00

The ISHR rally on 18 September 2021

2023-05-15T14:49:13+02:00

The Belarusian democracy movement has been subjected to massive repression since the rigged presidential elections of 9 August 2020. Peaceful protesters have been brutally arrested, representatives of the opposition have been imprisoned and tortured, even media and NGOs' workers have been persecuted. The ISHR invites everyone to support the Belarusian democracy movement at a rally to be held on 18 September 2021 at Römer (Frankfurt-am-Main). Solidarity with the Belarusian democratic

The ISHR rally on 18 September 20212023-05-15T14:49:13+02:00

Summary of the United Nations report on arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment in the context of armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine

2021-11-26T10:43:05+01:00

Summary of the United Nations report on arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment in the context of armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine Framework The thematic report is done by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and examines the scale, methods, perpetrators and context of arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment in the armed conflict that has occurred in eastern Ukraine, both by Ukrainian Government actors as

Summary of the United Nations report on arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment in the context of armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine2021-11-26T10:43:05+01:00

VERY IMPORTANT STAMPS: PRISON MAIL INITIATIVE

2021-11-26T10:43:07+01:00

In May 2021, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) launched the VERY IMPORTANT STAMPS prison mail initiative. Representing thousands of prisoners around the world, ten political prisoners were portrayed for postage stamps by well-known artists from Germany. The stamps were printed and can be obtained for free from the ISHR PRISON MAIL INITIATIVE How postage stamps are supposed to protect political prisoners Frankfurt am Main, May 26th, 2021 –

VERY IMPORTANT STAMPS: PRISON MAIL INITIATIVE2021-11-26T10:43:07+01:00

In memory of Andrei Sakharov: the 100th anniversary of the outstanding man´s birth

2021-11-26T10:43:09+01:00

In memory of Andrei Sakharov, who would have turned 100 on 21 May 2021. How would he celebrate his 100th birthday today? On 14 December 1989, Andrei Sakharov died at the age of 68, Muscovites bid farewell. December 1989, it is minus 40 degrees, everything was covered with snow and ice, and I was standing in a queue of people with no end in sight. A young political science student

In memory of Andrei Sakharov: the 100th anniversary of the outstanding man´s birth2021-11-26T10:43:09+01:00

Life on the Demarcation Line: One Man’s Fate

2021-11-26T10:43:10+01:00

Life on the Demarcation Line: One Man's Fate Always when I approach Stanytsia Luhanska (a Ukrainian village bordering the so-called Luhansk People's Republic), I feel anxiety. Inside, everything shrinks painfully and a sense of dread is combating an overwhelming desire to see my grandparents, to wander the streets I used to walk on as a child, to stop by a flower shop with my grandmother and to buy some fresh

Life on the Demarcation Line: One Man’s Fate2021-11-26T10:43:10+01:00

Joint video project “Tell me about the war”

2021-11-26T10:43:25+01:00

r short film “Tell Me About the War”, which we produced this year, you will hear from war veterans from 7 countries of the former Soviet Union.  Joint video project “Tell me about the war” 2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II In our short film “Tell me about the war”, which we produced this year, you will hear from war veterans from 7 countries of

Joint video project “Tell me about the war”2021-11-26T10:43:25+01:00
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