Belarus, 31 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The German section of the ISHR reminds the famous words of Mikhail Gorbachev and says to the President of Belarus: “Mr. Lukashenko, you are clearly late!” THE SOVIET UNION, THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL AND THE BELARUSIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT… Belarus, 31 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The German section of the ISHR reminds the famous words
On the occasion of a congress held in the former Cottbus prison under the motto “Forced labour in political GDR custody”, the former political prisoners from the GDR who were present decided on the following appeal to the belarusian government. APPEAL OF SOLIDARITY We, the former political prisoners of the GDR, appeal to the government of Republic of Belarus to release immediately all political prisoners in Belarus and to allow
Due to the recent events in Belarus, the large number of detainees during protests and the human rights violations recorded during detentions have made it necessary to clarify for protesters their rights at the time of detention. What to do if you are detained at a rally: advice from a lawyer https://youtu.be/69bz27-TTRE Что делать, если на митинге вас задержала полиция? Ваши права, возможные ошибки и советы юриста Антона
The Great Patriotic War veteran shares his intelligence on the Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk and much more Interview with World War II veteran Pyotr Kolpakov Kolpakov Pyotr Fedorovich (born in 1923) is a native of the Kamyshinsky district of the Volgograd region, veteran of the Great Patriotic War. He is a starshina (~sergeant major). During the Battle of Stalingrad, he was seriously wounded, but after being treated in the hospital, returned
The Great Patriotic War veteran, partisan shares his thoughts to the matter in accordance with the 75th anniversary of the Victory over Fascism in an op-ed Interview with World War II veteran Alexandr Grigoryev Alexander Filippovich Grigoryev (born in 1928) is a native of Smolensk Oblast, a region 400 km west of Moscow, and a Great Patriotic War veteran. The war began for him on July 23, 1941, when the fascists on motorbikes
The Battle of Kursk participant shares his thoughts to the matter in accordance with the 75th anniversary of the Victory over Fascism in an op-ed Interview with World War II veteran Konstantin Kruglikov Konstantin Maksimovich Kruglikov (born in 1924) is a native of the village Novosyolki of the Gomel Region, a scout of the 336th regiment of the 5th Rifle Division of the 3rd Army of the Bryansk Front. He began
ISHR Belarus declares that the right to life must be respected for all despite differences in skin color: the life of a black person is as valuable as the life of a white person. Statement by the Belarusian Section of the International Society for Human Rights on Racial Discrimination in the United States Night of June 6th at the Lincoln Memorial , © Victoria Pickering Given that the
Does Belarus downplay the global coronavirus pandemic? (©Guus Krol) Belarusians began to feel the consequences of the global coronavirus pandemic around the beginning of the second decade of March 2020. The authorities were forced to restrict the entry and departure rules in response to similar measures taken by neighboring states (Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and others) to limit the movement of people. These affected both the crossing of the state border
Impressive Eastern Europe conference on disinformation in Frankfurt a.M. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Increasing means of disinformation and manipulation in Eastern Europe "Media, opinion making, human rights in the countries of the Eastern Partnership and Russia", the one-year project, ended on 6-7 December 2019 with a conference in Frankfurt am Main where the headquarter of the International Society for Human Rights/ISHR is located. The representatives of the participating countries Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Summer 2019, hot topics in the project work of the German section in the 6 countries of the Eastern Partnership and Russia