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International Society for Human Rights: 20,000 abducted Ukrainian children must not become a ‘bargaining chip’ between Trump and Putin!

Carmen Krusch-Grün2025-03-28T19:42:41+01:0028. March 2025|

The image was generated with the help of artificial intelligence. As the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR ) publishes its harrowing documentary ‘The Impact of Armed Conflict and Occupation on Children's Rights in Ukraine (24 February 2022 - 31 December 2024)’, the Trump administration under Elon Musk cancels a major Yale University programme to prosecute Putin's war crimes against 20,000 abducted Ukrainian

10 years since Nemtsov’s murder

ishr_online2025-02-27T16:05:24+01:0027. February 2025|

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

3 years of war in Ukraine

ishr_online2025-02-21T13:59:19+01:0020. February 2025|

3 years of war in Ukraine Human rights must not be reduced to a laughing stock of the European provinces. Europe must now urgently make up for its reprehensible failures and take tougher measures. The image has been generated using artificial intelligence. Europe must look at these figures[1] today Three years ago, Ukraine was the largest country in geographical Europe, with a peaceful population of 40 million people striving

Today is Navalny’s memorial day

ishr_online2025-02-16T18:10:46+01:0016. February 2025|

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

We demand the immediate release of Alexey Liptzer

ishr_online2025-01-20T08:37:23+01:0020. January 2025|

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

Alexei Navalny’s lawyers were sentenced to terms from 3.5 to 5.5 years in colony

ishr_online2025-01-20T08:14:47+01:0017. January 2025|

Alexei Navalny's former lawyers were sentenced to terms of 3.5 to 5.5 years in a penal colony on charges of participation in an "extremist organisation" Judge Yulia Shilova sentenced Vadim Kobzev to 5.5 years in prison, Aleksei Liptser to 5 years, and Igor Sergunin, who pleaded guilty, to 3.5 years. All were banned from working as lawyers for another three years after their release. Two other Navalny's lawyers, Olga Mikhailova

Ukraine: Human rights situation remains bleak three years after Russia’s full-scale armed attack – UN report

ishr_online2025-01-15T16:03:08+01:0015. January 2025|

A report on the human rights situation in Ukraine and the Russian-occupied regions of the country was published on Tuesday by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ukrainian serviceman Yevhen Lyashenko arrives to meet his wife after returning from Russian captivity in Ukraine, 30 December 2024. Almost three years into Russia’s full-scale armed attack on Ukraine, the human rights situation remains bleak with a

Joint appeal to Russia

ishr_online2025-01-06T17:38:31+01:0020. December 2024|

Members of the Hessian state parliament who support the petition and the message behind it. In doing so, they are sending a cross-party signal in favour of human rights and justice. IGFM welcomes joint efforts for abducted Ukrainian civilian prisoners in the Hessian state parliament Frankfurt am Main/ Wiesbaden, 20 December 2024 - Members of parliament from the various democratic groups in the Hessian state parliament have sent

Criminal prosecution in Russia for anti-war stance

ishr_online2024-12-19T16:47:24+01:0019. December 2024|

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

UN condemns human rights violations in Crimea

ishr_online2024-12-19T16:16:58+01:0019. December 2024|

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the ‘Human Rights Situation in the Temporarily Occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol’ The document was supported by 81 countries, 14 voted against and 80 abstained. The document condemns the systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms recorded on the occupied territory of Ukraine by the Russian authorities. In particular, it refers to the harassment of Crimean