There could have been much more dead if not for the people who helped the Jews avoid death. Today they are called the Righteous Among the Nations. Ukrainian Righteous: Jewish Rescue Stories Six million Jews became victims of the Holocaust, a quarter of which - one and a half million - died on the territory of modern Ukraine. Before World War II, the largest number of Jews in Europe lived
Last year alone, compensation was awarded in the amount of 2.6 million euros Moldova paid €22m damages in cases in which it was convicted by ECHR since 1997 The Republic of Moldova was obliged to pay almost €22 million damages by judgments passed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 1997-2021. Last year alone, the damages came to €2.6 million and €2 million of this sum was awarded
Alexei Navalny, the jailed top critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been put on a list of banned individuals. Russia adds Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to 'terrorist' list The move puts Navalny and several of his allies on a par with extremist group "Islamic State." Russia on Tuesday put Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny and a number of his allies, including a main aide, Lyubov Sobol, on a database of "terrorists and extremists."
Transparency International (TI) says that as corruption levels remain “at a standstill” across the world, nearly 75 percent of countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia declined or made little to no progress in the past decade 'Entrenched Authoritarianism' In Eastern Europe, Central Asia Led To More Corruption In 2021 Transparency International (TI) says that as corruption levels remain “at a standstill” across the world, nearly 75 percent of countries
Police kidnapped the wife of the ex-judge of the Supreme Court of Chechnya Saidi Yangulbayev On January 20, 2022, armed and masked men identifying themselves as Chechen law enforcement officials broke into the flat of the ex-judge of the Supreme Court of Chechnya Saidi Yangulbayev and Zarema Musayeva in Nizhny Novgorod. They showed an order to bring the family to Chechnya as witnesses in a fraud case, after which
The resolution was approved in the presence of a group of people who survived the Nazi genocide that killed around six million Jews, some two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, during World War Two. UN General Assembly approves resolution condemning Holocaust denial Memorial at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Auschwitz. This death camp is one of the symbols of the Holocaust. UN Photo/E.Schneider
Azerbaijani authorities have announced a new investigation into a notorious case in which dozens of military officers accused of spying for Armenia were tortured. Azerbaijani government signals new efforts to address notorious torture case A official working group has been created with the promise of a fair investigation into the “Terter case,” as Baku signals that it intends to take the allegations of wide-scale torture more seriously. Azerbaijan’s General Prosecutor
The criminal cases started against Alexandr Stoianoglo on October 5, 2021 are abusive and absolutely illegal, said lawyers for the suspended prosecutor Criminal cases started against Attorney General are abusive The criminal cases started against Alexandr Stoianoglo on October 5, 2021 are abusive and absolutely illegal, said lawyers for the suspended prosecutor. In a news conference at IPN, lawyer Vasile Gafton said that legal action over five counts was taken
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won a case against the Armenian state in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over his imprisonment a decade before coming to power. Armenian PM wins case against Armenia in Strasbourg court Pashinyan sued Armenia in 2010 over his arrest and conviction following the deadly 2008 crackdown on anti-government protesters. Pashinyan’s government, as the respondent in the case, did not comment before the
IAC ISHR has received 20 applications from students, members of the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) organization from France, Lithuania, Sweden, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Greece, Georgia, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands, who wish to do an internship in a human rights organization. Recall that in 2021, a new project of the Information and Analytical Center of the International Society for Human Rights, dedicated to strengthening the rule of law in