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Political prisoner Andrei Podnebny died of suffocation in Belarusian prison

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About the death of 36-year-old Andrei Podnebenny reported yesterday his mother in the social network Facebook. The cause of death of political prisoner Andrei Podnebennyy in Mahiliou colony No. 15 was suffocation, "Radio Svaboda" reports citing its own source. Other circumstances of the death of the political prisoner are still unknown. Official sources in the security forces have not yet commented on the incident. The death of 36-year-old Andrei Podnebennyi

Political prisoner Andrei Podnebny died of suffocation in Belarusian prisonishr_online2025-09-09T15:27:53+02:00

Give your son a chance to say goodbye to his mum!

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Please make arrangements for Alex Lipzer to be released to attend the ceremony to say goodbye to his mum. Elena Lipzer. Photo: social media Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Nikolayevna Moskalova Chairman of the Vladimir Regional Court Sergey Konstantinovich Shishkin On 5 September, Elena Liptser, a well-known Moscow lawyer and friend of Novaya Gazeta, passed away after a long illness. Lena was only 58 years old,

Give your son a chance to say goodbye to his mum!ishr_online2025-09-09T15:20:19+02:00

WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2025: PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND AID WORKERS IN UKRAINE AND WORLDWIDE

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On the 2025 World Humanitarian Day (WHD), on 19 August, the United Nations in Ukraine and humanitarian partners join the global humanitarian community in honouring aid workers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty and in calling for stronger protection of civilians and humanitarian personnel. This year’s WHD comes at a critical moment for the humanitarian community. Globally, the humanitarian system is underfunded, overstretched and under

WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2025: PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND AID WORKERS IN UKRAINE AND WORLDWIDEishr_online2025-08-19T13:51:45+02:00

U.S. Report on Human Rights in Moldova: Serious Human Rights Concerns Remain

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The U.S. State Department noted "limited progress" on human rights in Moldova. The under-investigated cases of torture, pressure on press freedom, and systematic violations in the Transnistrian region are just some of the serious problems highlighted in the annual report on human rights in the Republic of Moldova published by the U.S. Department of State. Although the report notes no significant changes compared to the previous year, serious human

U.S. Report on Human Rights in Moldova: Serious Human Rights Concerns Remainishr_online2025-08-18T14:09:10+02:00

ISHR delegation visits Tikhanouskaya: Solidarity with Belarus in exile

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On 7 August 2025, ISHR Secretary General Matthias Boehning and ISHR President Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher met in Vilnius with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya. They were accompanied by Martin Oliner (ISHR Strategic Advisor), Jed Oliner (ISHR Volunteer Lithuania), Jurgita Samoskiene (ISHR Country Lead Lithuania) and Kristina Trinkūnaitė (Head of Communications, Caritas Lithuania). Together, they discussed the current situation of the Belarusian diaspora in Europe and the challenges

ISHR delegation visits Tikhanouskaya: Solidarity with Belarus in exileishr_online2025-08-11T20:00:20+02:00

Ukraine Caring for injured people, enabling rehabilitation, reintegrating traumatised people into their families and society

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Caring for the injured, enabling rehabilitation, reintegrating traumatised people into their families and society. Ukraine IGFM member R.B., who together with the local organisation "Veterans" has been assisting war victims with permanent disabilities and their families - children, wives, elderly parents - as well as orphans and widows in Odessa for almost two months, reports on the consequences of the Russian tactics of attrition - pretending to be willing to

Ukraine Caring for injured people, enabling rehabilitation, reintegrating traumatised people into their families and societyishr_online2025-08-02T09:54:23+02:00

The ISHR mourns the death of journalist Salidjon Abdurakhmanov

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The ISHR mourns the death of its representative in the Uzbek section, former political prisoner and award-winning journalist Salidjon Abdurakhmanov (+28.05.1950 † 26.07.2025) Dr phil. Carmen Krusch-Grün and representative of the IGFM section Uzbekistan Salidschon Abdurachmanow Berlin / Frankfurt am Main, July 29, 2025 – Uzbek journalist, human rights defender, and representative of the ISHR Uzbekistan section Salidjon Abdurakhmanov has died at the age of 75. The

The ISHR mourns the death of journalist Salidjon Abdurakhmanovishr_online2025-07-31T13:15:47+02:00

Movement “Peace. Progress. Human Rights” and Lev Ponomarev’s organisation Sakharov Institute are recognised as “undesirable” in Russia

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"Sakharov Institute" and the movement named after him are recognised as "undesirable" Information about this appeared on the website of the Russian Ministry of Justice; the decision on the listing was dated 22 July. It is noteworthy that the Sakharov Institute, at least, has a legal entity in Europe, while the movement "Peace. Progress. Human Rights" is a completely informal structure, a community of people with no legal entities, no

Movement “Peace. Progress. Human Rights” and Lev Ponomarev’s organisation Sakharov Institute are recognised as “undesirable” in Russiaishr_online2025-07-25T08:55:57+02:00

Russia kills 74-year-old Ukrainian political prisoner

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Russia bears full responsibility for the torment and death in its captivity of Oleksandr Markov whose health would have already been gravely undermined by being held incommunicado, and certainly denied proper medical care for almost a year. Oleksandr Markov in ’court’ Photo posted by Dmytro Orlov 74-year-old Oleksandr Markov has died in Russian captivity, while being illegally taken to a prison colony in the Krasnodar region of the

Russia kills 74-year-old Ukrainian political prisonerishr_online2025-07-24T15:25:48+02:00

SOTAvision: Fragments of a letter from 19-year-old Dasha Kozyreva, convicted for poetry by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko

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St Petersburg activist Dasha Kozyreva began to be persecuted almost from the very beginning of the war, in the spring of 2022, when she was just 17 years old. Fragments of a letter from 19-year-old Dasha Kozyreva, convicted for poetry by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko Then the girl wrote on a city installation dedicated to the ‘twinning’ of St. Petersburg and occupied Mariupol the phrase "Murderers, you bombed

SOTAvision: Fragments of a letter from 19-year-old Dasha Kozyreva, convicted for poetry by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenkoishr_online2025-07-22T12:47:55+02:00