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Olympic Winter Games 2026

Carmen Krusch-Grün2026-02-18T12:01:01+01:00

Image: The Ukrainian Olympic skeleton athlete Wladyslaw Heraskevych was disqualified because he wanted to use his helmet to commemorate Ukrainian athletes who were killed. Since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression, more than 660 athletes and coaches have been killed. Photo of Wladyslaw Heraskevych: Radio Svoboda Olympic Winter Games 2026 Remembrance is not a violation: IGFM criticizes the disqualification of the Ukrainian skeleton

Olympic Winter Games 2026Carmen Krusch-Grün2026-02-18T12:01:01+01:00

Aleksei Liptser: The Prisoner of Abakan

Carmen Krusch-Grün2026-02-19T13:48:49+01:00

Two years after the death of Alexei Navalny, ISHR warns of ongoing repression against his former lawyers. The seriously ill Aleksei Liptser has been transferred, after months of prison transports across Siberia, to a remote penal colony. ISHR demands his immediate release, access to independent doctors, and the dropping of all fabricated charges.

Aleksei Liptser: The Prisoner of AbakanCarmen Krusch-Grün2026-02-19T13:48:49+01:00

Moldova: When Human Rights Exist on Paper but Fail in Practice

ishr_online2026-02-09T13:50:49+01:00

Moldova: Deep Structural Human Rights Failures — Real Cases and Hard Evidence The latest Rule of Law Index data reveals a troubling paradox in Moldova. With an overall score of 0.53 and a global ranking of 68th out of 143 countries, the state formally recognizes many fundamental rights and maintains relative public order. Yet behind these figures lies a deeper structural failure: the state remains unable to effectively protect individuals

Moldova: When Human Rights Exist on Paper but Fail in Practiceishr_online2026-02-09T13:50:49+01:00

Someone Already Bet on Your Life

Carmen Krusch-Grün2026-02-19T13:53:45+01:00

The image depicts the founder of Polymarket, Shayne Coplan, as a modern Julius Caesar, symbolizing centralized power over markets where life-and-death outcomes are decided, while faceless bettors represent anonymity and the absence of accountability. Together, they mirror the logic of the Roman arena: authority sets the rules, the crowd delivers the verdict and those whose lives are at stake remain unseen. Someone Already Bet on Your Life

Someone Already Bet on Your LifeCarmen Krusch-Grün2026-02-19T13:53:45+01:00

4 Years of Russia’s Unprovoked War of Aggression Against Ukraine

Carmen Krusch-Grün2026-02-03T16:19:45+01:00

4 Years of Russia’s Unprovoked War of Aggression Against Ukraine The EU must confront the “end of the values-based world order” far more decisively on its own continent. Everyone understands that the EU’s Zeitenwende cannot be carried out as swiftly or sharply as the decision-making of a one-man rule in a single country. But the fact that, after four years, in the largest country in Europe, the Russian army

4 Years of Russia’s Unprovoked War of Aggression Against UkraineCarmen Krusch-Grün2026-02-03T16:19:45+01:00

The appeal of the Council of Christian Churches of Ukraine

ishr_online2026-01-25T08:34:17+01:00

The appeal of the Council of Christian Churches of Ukraine The Council of Christian Churches of Ukraine, whose members are religious associations representing the majority of Christian communities in our country, expresses its profound indignation at yet another instance of the Russian state’s use of religion and religious institutions to justify and sustain its aggressive policies. The immediate impetus for this statement was the “Report of the Foreign Intelligence Service”

The appeal of the Council of Christian Churches of Ukraineishr_online2026-01-25T08:34:17+01:00

Edgar Lamm: “We want to be where others don’t go.”

ishr_online2026-01-21T15:32:21+01:00

Founded during the Cold War, the International Society for Human Rights is still active worldwide today. In the interview, its chairman talks about religious freedom, political prisoners and the Cuban secret service. Edgar Lamm IGFM Mr Lamm, many people are familiar with Amnesty International, but the IGFM is less well known. What kind of organisation is it? The IGFM was founded in 1972 in response to

Edgar Lamm: “We want to be where others don’t go.”ishr_online2026-01-21T15:32:21+01:00

Mourning Mart Olav-Niklus

ishr_online2026-01-08T17:42:32+01:00

Estonian independence fighter Mart-Olav Niklus passed away on 25 December 2025 at the age of 91. The ISHR remembers him and his legacy. Obituary for Mart-Olav Niklus Hero of the Estonian independence movement Mart-Olav Niklus was a political prisoner in the former Soviet Union from 1959 to 1966 and from 1981 to 1988. After Estonia gained independence in 1991, he was a member of the Estonian Parliament from

Mourning Mart Olav-Niklusishr_online2026-01-08T17:42:32+01:00

Partnership for the protection of human rights

ishr_online2025-12-30T13:43:21+01:00

The Ombudsman's Office signed a Memorandum of Cooperation and Partnership between the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, and the Information and Analytical Centre of the International Society for Human Rights (IAC ISHR), which is the national representative of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR, Germany) in Ukraine, represented by its director, Anton Feliksovich Alekseev. The memorandum provides for the development of a long-term partnership in the

Partnership for the protection of human rightsishr_online2025-12-30T13:43:21+01:00

Andrzej Poczobut: Jailed for Reporting in Belarus

Team2025-12-19T11:49:25+01:00

Andrzej Poczobut The 51-year-old journalist Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus was arrested on 25 March 2021 and sentenced to eight years in prison on 8 February 2023. He is currently held in a high-security penal colony in Navapolatsk. Despite serious health issues, his access to medical care remains limited. Case facts: Date of birth: 16 April 1973 Arrested: 25 March 2021 Sentenced: 8 February 2023 Charges: “Calls for actions aimed at

Andrzej Poczobut: Jailed for Reporting in BelarusTeam2025-12-19T11:49:25+01:00