Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years

2023-04-18T16:11:11+02:00

Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine.   Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS Vladimir Kara-Murza is the first person to be accused of treason for publicly listing publicly available facts He was found guilty of treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation". The Russian-British former

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years2023-04-18T16:11:11+02:00

OHCHR: Treatment of prisoners of war (24 February 2022 – 23 February 2023)

2023-04-06T10:51:17+02:00

OHCHR: Treatment of Prisoners of War and Persons Hors de Combat in the Context of the Armed Attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine (24 February 2022 - 23 February 2023) This report by the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) focuses on the treatment of prisoners of war (POWs) by the parties to the international armed conflict since the large-scale armed attack by the Russian

OHCHR: Treatment of prisoners of war (24 February 2022 – 23 February 2023)2023-04-06T10:51:17+02:00

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 August 2022 – 31 January 2023)

2023-04-06T10:57:02+02:00

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 August 2022 - 31 January 2023) The thirty-fifth report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the human rights situation in Ukraine covers the period from 1 August 2022 to 31 January 2023. It is based on the work of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU). The international armed conflict has

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 August 2022 – 31 January 2023)2023-04-06T10:57:02+02:00

US State Department points out human rights problems in Moldova in its 2022 annual report

2023-03-28T09:36:56+02:00

US State Department criticises Moldova for human rights abuses The document identifies problems such as: "reports of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by the authorities", "unsuitable and life-threatening conditions in prisons", "serious problems with the independence of courts", "acts of corruption in state bodies". The following problems with the observance of human rights in Moldova are listed in the published report: Reports of torture or cruel, inhuman or

US State Department points out human rights problems in Moldova in its 2022 annual report2023-03-28T09:36:56+02:00

Humanity is losing its rights. Civil liberties have become a luxury for 96.8% of the world’s population

2023-03-22T15:04:48+01:00

CIVICUS has presented its annual ranking of civil liberties around the world, which it has published since 2017. Only 3.2% of the world's people can fully and safely express their opinions and protest. This data is contained in the annual civil liberties ranking compiled by the CIVICUS alliance of human rights organisations. Russia is among the worst of the five "closed" countries. According to the document, in 2022, protests by

Humanity is losing its rights. Civil liberties have become a luxury for 96.8% of the world’s population2023-03-22T15:04:48+01:00

Meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Ignalina

2023-03-08T11:57:07+01:00

Meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Ignalina The Lithuanian section of the International Society for Human Rights has been supporting Ukrainian refugees on an ongoing basis since the beginning of the war with humanitarian aid and donations from ISHR. Look at the warm photos of the meeting! We will conquer the darkness together!        

Meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Ignalina2023-03-08T11:57:07+01:00

Beds for the Kherson Military Hospital

2023-03-08T11:32:11+01:00

Beds for the Kherson Military Hospital IGFM-Wittlich and the International Society for Human Rights handed over another batch of humanitarian aid to the Belarusian organisation "Nash Dom" in Lithuania. This time there were beds for an ambulance which will be sent to the Kherson Military Hospital.   8.03.2023 Photo: picture-alliance/dpa

Beds for the Kherson Military Hospital2023-03-08T11:32:11+01:00

Беларусь. Абурэнне не павінна застацца без увагі

2023-03-07T10:08:01+01:00

Беларусь. 10 гадоў пазбаўлення волі для 60-гадовага лаўрэата Нобелеўскай прэміі міру, д-ра філал. навук, праф. Алеся Бяляцкага. Ales Bialiatski, Dez. 2014, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl Яго апошнія словы ў судзе: "Гэта грамадзянская вайна павінна быць спынена! Спадзяюся, вы мяне пачуеце". Міжнароднае грамадства праў чалавека/IGFM настойліва заклікае ЕЗ узмацніць падтрымку беларускага дэмакратычнага руху. Гэта патрэбна не толькі па маральных меркаваннях, але і мацуе перамоўную пазіцыю Украіны супраць пуцінскай Расеі.

Беларусь. Абурэнне не павінна застацца без увагі2023-03-07T10:08:01+01:00

1 year of aggressive war in Ukraine

2023-02-23T14:59:19+01:00

1 year of aggressive war in Ukraine "Without coming to terms with the past there is no future" Ivan Agrusov, Russian exile in Stalin times, founder of the International Society for Human Rights Exactly 75 years ago, the human abyss that opened up after the Second World War forced the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Exactly one year ago, the world was catapulted overnight into the horrors

1 year of aggressive war in Ukraine2023-02-23T14:59:19+01:00

Together with the refugees – the ISHR Christmas campaign in Lithuania

2023-01-16T15:25:25+01:00

As a sign of solidarity with the many Ukrainian refugees in Lithuania, the Lithuanian ISHR section launched a large Christmas campaign in the Ignalina and Vilnius area. 100 particularly needy Ukrainian and Lithuanian families received Christmas packages with food, personal gifts and toys worth 50 euros. This Christmas in Lithuania, the horror on the other side of the border, in Ukraine, remains ever present. 71,000 people have fled here from

Together with the refugees – the ISHR Christmas campaign in Lithuania2023-01-16T15:25:25+01:00
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