Lev Ponomarev Seminar: The Role of Human Rights in the Modern World

2025-05-13T16:43:54+02:00

The role of human rights in the modern world Lev Ponomarev Seminar 14 May, Wednesday, 18:30 - 20:30 📍Espace Libertés | Reforum Space Paris (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zbhfQVvYZoMJv38a9) "... We begin our seminar in the days when the world is frozen in uncertainty - whether the fratricidal war unleashed by Russia on Putin's orders will continue. Every day we learn from the news about yet another civilian casualty, the death of children. Human

Lev Ponomarev Seminar: The Role of Human Rights in the Modern World2025-05-13T16:43:54+02:00

Europe must finally act decisively

2025-05-08T15:49:29+02:00

Europe must finally act decisively - two experts and a war opponent on Putin-Russia's fight against freedom! Valerio Krüger Dear readers, the struggle for freedom and peace is a painful daily reality for millions of people in massive brutality just a few hundred kilometres to the east of us. Tens of thousands of members of Ukrainian families are fighting on the front line, while civilians in Ukrainian cities

Europe must finally act decisively2025-05-08T15:49:29+02:00

19-year-old anti-war activist Daria Kozyreva begins her closing statement to the Russian court in Ukrainian

2025-05-07T08:18:55+02:00

19-year-old anti-war activist Daria Kozyreva begins her closing speech in Ukrainian before the Russian court. She evokes the strength of Ukraine and says, "It is clear that Putin cannot realise that Ukraine is a sovereign nation. Today, the shackles have long since been thrown off. Nobody will put them back on Ukraine. The people have bled for their freedom for centuries. It will no longer surrender this freedom to anyone.

19-year-old anti-war activist Daria Kozyreva begins her closing statement to the Russian court in Ukrainian2025-05-07T08:18:55+02:00

Civilian Prisoners in Russian-Occupied Territories

2025-04-30T19:28:55+02:00

Civilian Prisoners in Russian-Occupied Territories  Introduction and Context Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, reports have emerged of thousands of Ukrainian civilians detained in Russian-occupied territories, including parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Crimea. These detentions, often arbitrary and lacking legal basis, have raised significant human rights concerns, with allegations of torture, enforced disappearances, and inhumane conditions. This article provides an informative overview of

Civilian Prisoners in Russian-Occupied Territories2025-04-30T19:28:55+02:00

The President of the ISHR adds personal words to Vladimir Novitsky

2025-04-16T19:03:05+02:00

The President of the ISHR adds personal words to Vladimir Novitsky Vladimir Novitski, President of the Russian Section of the ISHR, m. Prof. Dr. mult. Thomas Schirrmacher, President of the ISHR worldwide, r. Karl Hafen, successor to the founder of the ISHR, Managing Director for many years © ISHR In addition to the obituary of the International Society for Human Rights and its German Section to Vladimir Mikhailovich Novitsky, the

The President of the ISHR adds personal words to Vladimir Novitsky2025-04-16T19:03:05+02:00

ISHR mourns president of the Russian section, lawyer Vladimir Novitsky

2025-04-07T11:53:07+02:00

The President of the Russian section of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), lawyer Vladimir Mikhailovich Novitsky , died suddenly and unexpectedly in the night of April 3 to 4, 2025 at the age of 68. The ISHR mourns the loss of a long-time colleague and good friend. Our thoughts are with his family and we express our deepest sympathy. Vladimir Nowitski, an expert in European legal history, was

ISHR mourns president of the Russian section, lawyer Vladimir Novitsky2025-04-07T11:53:07+02:00

10 years since Nemtsov’s murder

2025-02-27T16:05:24+01:00

Today marks 10 years since that terrible evening in February, when Boris Nemtsov's life was cut short on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge. Boris Nemtsov 10 years is a whole epoch, but the memory of him lives on, and with each passing year one feels more and more acutely what Russia could have been if it had not been for that fatal shot. A man who wasn't afraid to

10 years since Nemtsov’s murder2025-02-27T16:05:24+01:00

Today is Navalny’s memorial day

2025-02-16T18:10:46+01:00

16 February 2025 is the first anniversary of the death of Russia's main opposition figure, Alexei Navalny. Yulia Navalnaya urges not to give up and fight all those who cared about Alexei and his cause. Exactly one year ago, on 16 February, Vladimir Putin assassinated Alexei Navalny. Putin killed his main opponent. But Alexei's work continues. And his dream will become a reality: Russia will be free. I'm sure the

Today is Navalny’s memorial day2025-02-16T18:10:46+01:00

We demand the immediate release of Alexey Liptzer

2025-01-20T08:37:23+01:00

The lawyer Aleksei Lipzer was arrested by the Russian authorities on 13 October 2023. Due to his work as a lawyer for opposition politician Alexei Navalny, he is accused of "participation in an extremist organisation". On 17 January 2025, he was sentenced to five years in prison. Photo Aleksei: Alexandra Astakhova/Mediazone. Alexei Navalny's lawyer sentenced to five years in prison for "extremism" Alexei Lipzer Date of birth: 12

We demand the immediate release of Alexey Liptzer2025-01-20T08:37:23+01:00

Criminal prosecution in Russia for anti-war stance

2024-12-19T16:47:24+01:00

The St. Petersburg-based public human rights organisation Civic Control has issued a report on the persecution of Russians under articles of the Criminal Code that have become a tool of repression for their anti-war stance. Moscow City Duma deputy Alexei Gorinov in court on charges of ‘spreading deliberately false information about the Russian army’. Moscow, 8 July 2022. REUTERS - Stringer A week after the start of the

Criminal prosecution in Russia for anti-war stance2024-12-19T16:47:24+01:00
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