Blog-News – Page 17 – Menschenrechte Osteuropa

In St. Petersburg, an artist and his wife were given 3 and 3.5 years in prison for posting postcards in the Ukrainian language

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The 1st Western District Military Court of St Petersburg has sentenced artists Anastasia Dyudyaeva and Alexander Dotsenko in a case of "calls to terrorism" over postcards in Ukrainian posted in Lenta. The prosecution requested 4 years of imprisonment for the couple. The court sentenced Alexander to 3 years in prison and his wife Anastasia to 3.5 years. According to the investigation, Dyudyaeva made leaflets in Ukrainian, on which, among other

In St. Petersburg, an artist and his wife were given 3 and 3.5 years in prison for posting postcards in the Ukrainian languageishr_online2024-07-19T13:43:34+02:00

A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner

ishr_online2024-07-10T10:03:51+02:00

Fifteen-year-old Arseny Turbin, from the town of Livny, in western Russia’s Oryol region, was sentenced to five years in prison for terrorism on 21 June. Though he excelled at maths and was fascinated by physics and tech, he had planned to study political science, in an attempt to better understand what was happening in Russia and with the hope that it would teach him how to improve the situation further

A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisonerishr_online2024-07-10T10:03:51+02:00

Olga Karach was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 170,000 euros

ishr_online2024-07-09T19:55:30+02:00

On July 8, 2024 Brest Regional Court announced the verdict of human rights defender Olga Karach, head of the International Center for civil initiatives “Our House”. Olga Karach was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 600,000 Belarusian rubles (170,000 euros). Together with her, Veranika Tsepkala, Yauhen Vilski, Anatoli Kotau and Vadzim Dzmitrenak received 12 years in prison each. Veranika Tsepkala also received a fine of

Olga Karach was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 170,000 eurosishr_online2024-07-09T19:55:30+02:00

Help for children’s hospital in Odessa

ishr_online2024-07-05T16:58:02+02:00

A contribution to the special campaign at the Children's Hospital in Odessa, June 3, 2024 Since an IGFM Christmas campaign in 2022 for sick and war-disabled children, the IGFM has repeatedly received calls for help from the central children's hospital in Odessa/Ukraine. In April 2024, an IGFM member, at high personal risk, delivered 10,000 venous catheters financed by donations to the hospital in a small truck and in May the

Help for children’s hospital in Odessaishr_online2024-07-05T16:58:02+02:00

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 March – 31 May 2024)

Valery2024-07-05T10:39:46+02:00

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 March – 31 May 2024) The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and subsequent hostilities continued to have a devastating impact on the civilian population in the period between 1 March and 31 May 2024. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) documented that the cross-border offensive by Russian armed forces in Kharkiv region alone

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 March – 31 May 2024)Valery2024-07-05T10:39:46+02:00

A new criminal case has been opened against preacher Eduard Charov for a post on social networking sites

ishr_online2024-06-29T19:36:15+02:00

The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case under the article on "discrediting" the army against Eduard Charov, a Christian preacher from the Sverdlovsk Region. On 27 June, the notification about the initiation of the case was published by the preacher's wife Inna Charova, attention to the publication was drawn by the publication "7×7. Horizontal Russia. The reason for the case was a repost of a picture about

A new criminal case has been opened against preacher Eduard Charov for a post on social networking sitesishr_online2024-06-29T19:36:15+02:00

15-year-old schoolboy sentenced to 5 years for leaflets criticising Putin

ishr_online2024-06-25T09:53:28+02:00

Arseniy Turbin, a 15-year-old resident of the town of Livny, Orel region, was sent to an educational colony for five years, allegedly for his participation in the Legion "Freedom of Russia" organisation*. The schoolboy Arseniy Turbin was under house arrest from 5 September 2023 to 31 May 2024 with the right to attend the lyceum, then he was released on his own recognizance, but soon - on 20 June 2024

15-year-old schoolboy sentenced to 5 years for leaflets criticising Putinishr_online2024-06-25T09:53:28+02:00

German government rejects idea of deporting unemployed Ukrainians

ishr_online2024-06-24T17:03:51+02:00

The German government opposes the deportation of Ukrainians who do not want to work, according to a representative of the German Federal Foreign Office. Photo: Ukrainians in Germany (gettyimages.com) He reminded that Russia attacks targets across Ukraine daily and also tries to destroy infrastructure in the western part of the country. "Therefore, I don't know where there can be a safe place in Ukraine," emphasized the representative of

German government rejects idea of deporting unemployed Ukrainiansishr_online2024-06-24T17:03:51+02:00

Kharkiv human rights group received the Lev Kopelev Award

ishr_online2024-06-17T12:08:07+02:00

Kharkiv human rights group received the Lev Kopelev Award Kharkiv Human Rights Group is awarded for its work in the field of human rights Frankfurt am Main/Cologne/Kharkiv, 14 June 2024 - On 9 June 2024 in Cologne, the Ukrainian human rights organisation Kharkiv Human Rights Group (HHG) was awarded the Lev Kopelev Prize. The International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) warmly congratulates the organisation on receiving the award. ISHR closely

Kharkiv human rights group received the Lev Kopelev Awardishr_online2024-06-17T12:08:07+02:00

Germany will address the human rights situation in Azerbaijan

ishr_online2024-06-17T11:57:51+02:00

Azerbaijan criticized for arrests Azerbaijan is hosting the UN climate summit COP29, but the human rights situation in the country is causing controversy. Calls for a response from the international community are growing louder. Baku - From November 11 to November 22, Azerbaijan will host the UN climate summit COP29. Up to 200 governments will then work out a new global approach to how, among other things, the resources to

Germany will address the human rights situation in Azerbaijanishr_online2024-06-17T11:57:51+02:00