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Russia: 7 years in prison for anti-war stickers

Russia: 7 years in prison for anti-war stickers

Artist Sasha Skochilenko sentenced to 7 years in prison for anti-war stickers On November 16, 2023, the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Sasha Skochilenko, accused of spreading false ...
Ukrainian human rights defender disappeared in Russian captivity

Ukrainian human rights defender disappeared in Russian captivity

Maksym Butkevych is missing The founder of the ZMINA Human Rights Centre, Ukrainian journalist and military man of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Maksym Butkevych, has disappeared in Russian captivity. ...
PACE condemns Moldovan authorities for human rights violations

PACE condemns Moldovan authorities for human rights violations

The website of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe published a declaration by PACE members condemning the regime ruling in Moldova The declaration refers to the disregard by ...
MEMORIAL and „Voices of War“ at the Frankfurt Book Fair

MEMORIAL and „Voices of War“ at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Ukraine: making the „unimaginable tangible“ through „Voices of War“ - in the spirit of IGFM The project of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group „Voices of War“ has been close ...
Nobel Peace Prize won by Narges Mohammadi for ‘fight against the oppression of women in Iran’

Nobel Peace Prize won by Narges Mohammadi for ‘fight against the oppression of women in Iran’

The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human ...
OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 February – 31 July 2023)

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 February – 31 July 2023)

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 February – 31 July 2023) This thirty-sixth report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the ...
Computers for Ukrainian children

Computers for Ukrainian children

ISHR team set up three computer labs One of the most important priorities of our team is to provide children with the opportunity to receive a quality and comfortable education ...
Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief declared a foreign agent

Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief declared a foreign agent

Dmitry Muratov declared a foreign agent In early September 2023, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation declared Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov a foreign agent. Later, Dmitry Muratov ...
EU extends temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees in the EU until March 2025

EU extends temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees in the EU until March 2025

Important news for Ukrainians abroad: EU extends temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees in the European Union until March 2025 Temporary protection status entitles Ukrainians to reside in the EU, get ...
EU partner is carrying out ethnic cleansing

EU partner is carrying out ethnic cleansing

Before the eyes of the international public, dictator Aliyev attacks the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh with military strikes. Videos from the capital Stepanakert show artillery strikes, drones and gunfire as ...
A court in Moscow liquidated the Sakharov Centre

A court in Moscow liquidated the Sakharov Centre

The Moscow City Court has decided to liquidate the Sakharov Centre at the suit of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, the press service of the Moscow courts ...
Lithuania denies political asylum to Belarusian activist Olga Karach

Lithuania denies political asylum to Belarusian activist Olga Karach

Lithuania refused to grant political asylum to the head of the Belarusian Centre for Civil Initiatives "Our House," Olga Karach. This was reported by "Meduza" with reference to Karach herself. ...
Why Ukrainian migration has become beneficial for EU countries

Why Ukrainian migration has become beneficial for EU countries

The flow of Ukrainian refugees into Europe at the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion revealed the EU's capacity to take in large numbers of refugees and also showed the benefits ...
In which EU countries the number of Ukrainian refugees is growing

In which EU countries the number of Ukrainian refugees is growing

There are more than 4 million refugees from Ukraine who have been granted temporary protection status in EU countries. The number of fugitives from war increased by almost 46,000 in ...
Arbitrariness is the order of the day in Belarus

Arbitrariness is the order of the day in Belarus

More than 1,400 political prisoners are being held in Belarus - including candidates in the 2020 presidential election According to human rights activists, three years after the presidential elections in ...
The International Peace Bureau(IPB) Has Announced its Intention to Nominate Three Remarkable Organizations with a Focus on the Right to Conscientious Objection for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

The International Peace Bureau(IPB) Has Announced its Intention to Nominate Three Remarkable Organizations with a Focus on the Right to Conscientious Objection for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

The International Peace Bureau(IPB) Has Announced its Intention to Nominate Three Remarkable Organizations with a Focus on the Right to Conscientious Objection for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize Berlin, Germany ...