News from Activists

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 ...

The IAC ISHR is finalising a practical guide on monitoring the right to a fair trial In a context where trust in the justice system depends directly on the quality ...

As part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, more than 2,100 children who had been forcibly displaced by Russia have been returned to Ukraine. Since the start of 2026, ...

Oleksandra Matviichuk Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian human rights lawyer, reports by video at the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR in Bonn in April 2026 on the systematic documentation of war ...

54. Jahrestagung der IGFM Europa als Garant für Menschenrechte und Frieden Am 11. und 12. April 2026 fand die 54. Jahrestagung der IGFM in Bonn statt. Unter dem Leitthema „Europa ...

Dmytro Lubinets Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights, reports by video at the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR in Bonn in April 2026 on the systematic and widespread ...

Ukraine: Father and son abducted by the Russian military Dagmar Schmidt, Deputy Chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, has taken on political patronage of abducted Ukrainian civilians ...

On 1 April, the Russian Supreme Court upheld the 16-year prison sentence handed down to 68-year-old dissident Alexander Skobov on charges of “justifying terrorism”. Russia's Supreme Court upholds prison sentence ...

Upon the special request of the President of Lebanon, Joseph Auon, the President and the Secretary General of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), Thomas Schirrmacher and Matthias Böhning, ...

Karin Müller-Kinet has been working in humanitarian aid at ISHR for four decades. Under the leadership of Karin Müller-Kinet from Bergen-Enkheim, 106 banana crates of clothing, 41 food parcels, 3 ...

 Speech of Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher against (forced) prostitution: “Women are increasingly being treated as commodities” Thomas Schirrmacher, a human rights expert specializing in religious freedom and in human trafficking, had ...

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 ...

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has issued a warrant for the arrest of Lev Ponomarev, an 84-year-old human rights activist and former director of the ‘For Human Rights’ movement. ...

The Russian attacks during the coldest time of the year have taken their toll on the civilian population in Ukraine The attacks on critical infrastructure reported by our television channels ...

Recent amendments to Moldova’s law on political parties have raised growing concern among legal experts and human rights organizations. The reform, adopted in 2025, significantly expands the state’s ability to ...

The ISHR’s social media accounts have been classified as ‘extremist material’ in Belarus The human rights organisation is not deterred by this designation and will continue its work on Belarus. ...