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 it is possible to live after the war, where they can develop and where they
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 remain behind bars and to fight against collective forgetting. Bonn, 11 April 2026. Speech
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 of the European Parliament Michael Gahler and Member of the State Parliament Frank Steinraths. Press
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 together to discuss current developments — in particular the situation of political prisoners, people persecuted
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, human rights defenders, friends, and interested participants from around the world to exchange on current
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 Federation. The 47-year-old belongs to the small indigenous Itelmen people, of whom only about 2,500
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 to be held on 18 September 2021 at Römer (Frankfurt-am-Main). Solidarity with the Belarusian democratic
r short film “Tell Me About the War”, which we produced this year, you will hear from war veterans from 7 countries of the former Soviet Union. Joint video project “Tell me about the war” 2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II In our short film “Tell me about the war”, which we produced this year, you will hear from war veterans from 7 countries of
Covid-19, the world and human rights Tactless criticism? Human rights activists of the International Society for Human Rights/ISHR have already expressed their concern at the beginning of the massive measures that the remedy against the pandemic could prove to be worse than the pandemic itself. They cite, among others, the humanitarian disasters that could be resulted worldwide and the potential for state abuse of human rights. The proportionality of the
Impressive Eastern Europe conference on disinformation in Frankfurt a.M. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Increasing means of disinformation and manipulation in Eastern Europe "Media, opinion making, human rights in the countries of the Eastern Partnership and Russia", the one-year project, ended on 6-7 December 2019 with a conference in Frankfurt am Main where the headquarter of the International Society for Human Rights/ISHR is located. The representatives of the participating countries Armenia, Azerbaijan,
