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Russia’s militarisation of Ukrainian children is a crime against their identity

ishr_online2025-06-03T07:56:26+02:0019. May 2025|

Preschool children dressed in Soviet military uniforms with flags for Victory Day. Photo from the propaganda telegram of the LuhanMedia channel Russia's militarisation of Ukrainian children is a crime against their identity The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) strongly condemns the forced militarisation and ideological indoctrination of Ukrainian preschool children in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. Current research shows that even small children in the occupied parts

“Ukraine will decide for itself” – The courageous political prisoner Daria Kozyreva

ishr_online2025-05-14T14:47:51+02:0014. May 2025|

On 24 February 2024, 19-year-old student and anti-war activist Daria Kozyreva was arrested in Saint Petersburg. Daria holds her mother's hand while the judge reads the judgement. Photo: Sota Vision On 24 February 2024, 19-year-old student and anti-war activist Daria Kozyreva was arrested in Saint Petersburg. The charge: she had placed a printout of the poem "Testament" by Taras Shevchenko on his memorial. The quoted lines read: "Bury

Europe must finally act decisively

ishr_online2025-05-08T15:49:29+02:008. May 2025|

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

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

ishr_online2025-05-07T08:18:55+02:007. May 2025|

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.

Civilian Prisoners in Russian-Occupied Territories

ishr_online2025-04-30T19:28:55+02:0030. April 2025|

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

Manifesto of Russian human rights defenders: “To bring law and human rights back into international politics”

ishr_online2025-04-25T14:31:39+02:0025. April 2025|

Russian human rights activists have prepared a manifesto "To return law and human rights to international politics". The most dangerous and tragic trend in contemporary international politics is the gradual abandonment of international law and human rights as the basis of the world order, against the backdrop of the devaluation of the documents and institutions that protect them. In fact, it is the destruction of everything that was created

Lecture by Lev Ponomaryov: Strengthening democratic movements – overcoming dictatorships

ishr_online2025-04-08T13:01:48+02:008. April 2025|

At the 53rd annual conference of the ISHR in March 2025, Russian human rights defender Dr Lev Ponomaryov will address the global crises caused by the Russian war of aggression, geopolitical tensions and the devaluation of human rights and international law. He calls for a resolute European stance and the protection of humanitarian concerns in international negotiations. "Lasting peace will not be built if the nature of the political regime

ISHR mourns president of the Russian section, lawyer Vladimir Novitsky

ishr_online2025-04-07T11:53:07+02:006. April 2025|

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

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

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