In Focus – Menschenrechte Osteuropa – News & Konflikte

Eva Bredow-Cordier takes on a political sponsorship

Team — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:13:16 +0000

Eva Bredow-Cordier, the chairwoman of the Darmstadt Greens, takes sponsorship of imprisoned Belarusian women. Photo of the sponsor: The Greens in Darmstadt Lives behind bars: Eva Bredow-Cordier took under her wing Belarusian female political prisoners sentenced to forced treatment and 10 years in prison Darmstadt / Frankfurt am Main,

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ISHR at the Letucień Festival in Kraków

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:55:50 +0000

ISHR at the Letucień Festival in Kraków: €230 raised for Aliaksandra Pulinovich On 1 August, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) took part in the Belarusian Letucień Festival in Kraków. The main purpose of our participation was to raise awareness of the case of the young Belarusian political prisoner Aliaksandra Pulinovich and to

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Albania: Citizens protest controversial resort project in protected coastal area

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:37:42 +0000

Albania: Citizens protest controversial resort project in protected coastal area ISHR expresses concern over protests in Albania against controversial resort project in protected coastal area Tirana / Frankfurt am Main, 05.06.2026 — The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) is closely following the ongoing protests in Albania against a controversial luxury resort project

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Annual Conference 2026 – Anastasiya Alekseyeva

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Wed, 06 May 2026 08:38:18 +0000

Anastasiya Alekseyeva Anastasiya Alekseyeva speaks about the work of ISHR in Ukraine, ranging from direct humanitarian aid at the front line to monitoring the rule of law, in order to help secure a just and democratic future for the country despite the war. “We want to leave our children a country where

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Annual Conference 2026 – Kevin Lick

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:19 +0000

Kevin Lick Kevin Lick, the youngest prisoner in Russia to be convicted of “high treason”, speaks about the dangers of political indifference and state repression, which he experienced firsthand. Despite psychological torture and imprisonment, he now uses his freedom to draw attention to the fate of the more than 1,500 political prisoners who

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Press briefing in Giessen

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:20:51 +0000

From right to left: Member of the Bundestag Dagmar Schmidt, Lord Mayor Frank-Tilo Becher, Member of the Bundestag Frederik Bouffier and ISHR member Gerhard Keller hold up portraits of abducted Ukrainian civilians for whom they have taken on political sponsorships. Gerhard Keller is holding the portrait of Kostiantyn Zinovkin, whose political sponsors are Member

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Review of the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:00:03 +0000

54th Annual Conference of the ISHR Europe as a guarantor of human rights and peace On 11 and 12 April 2026, the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR took place in Bonn. Under the guiding theme “Europe as a guarantor of human rights and peace”, members, partners and international guests came

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54th Annual Conference of IGFM

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:58:07 +0000

54th Annual Conference of ISHR Europe as a Guarantor of Human Rights and Peace Date: 11–12 April 2026 Location: Gustav Stresemann Institute, Langer Grabenweg 68, 53175 Bonn Start: 12:00 PM (arrival from 11:00 AM) We look forward to your participation! Once a year, we bring together members, partners,

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Russian society is atomised

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:01:43 +0000

Russian society is atomised Russia is home to members of various indigenous peoples. For example, the Itelmen in Kamchatka. Itelmen human rights activist Dmitry Berezhkov, who lives in exile in Norway, explains how they are oppressed in Vladimir Putin's empire. BY MICHAEL LEH Dmitry Berezhkov comes from the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of the Russian

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The ISHR rally on 18 September 2021

Valery — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:43:51 +0000

The Belarusian democracy movement has been subjected to massive repression since the rigged presidential elections of 9 August 2020. Peaceful protesters have been brutally arrested, representatives of the opposition have been imprisoned and tortured, even media and NGOs' workers have been persecuted. The ISHR invites everyone to support the Belarusian democracy movement at a rally

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