News from Activists
“Ambulances for Kharkiv – Donate so that help can be provided”
“Ambulances for Kharkiv – Donate so that help can be provided” Russian troops are attacking targets in Ukraine on a daily basis. Hospitals, medical facilities and emergency services are also ...
“Monitoring of Disinformation Flows” Project Launched
The first meeting of the participants and organizers of the “Monitoring Disinformation Flows” project took place on June 20. The meeting was attended by journalists, researchers, activists, and young professionals ...
Why the World Must Reject War: 20 Human Rights Arguments for Peace
20 arguments in favour of peace from human rights activists Armed conflict remains one of the gravest threats to human dignity, human rights, and global stability. Across regions and political ...
Types of disinformation and their characteristics
ANATOMY OF MISINFORMATION Media Literacy and Information Resilience Educational Series Disinformation is not a homogeneous phenomenon: it has different forms, purposes, and dissemination mechanisms. To understand how it operates in ...
Anatomy of Manipulation: The 2026 Election in Light of the Facts
The 2026 parliamentary elections in Armenia became a testing ground not only for political competition, but also for large-scale information influence operations. While in previous elections the main challenges were ...
The abduction and forced marriage of girls as a weapon against minorities
Human rights activists are calling for greater commitment and protection for Christians in Egypt On 27 May, ADF International held a press conference in Vienna on the systematic abduction, forced ...
Albania: Citizens protest controversial resort project in protected coastal area
Albania: Citizens protest controversial resort project in protected coastal area ISHR expresses concern over protests in Albania against controversial resort project in protected coastal area Tirana / Frankfurt am Main, ...
FIMI: External information manipulation and interference: a modern threat to the information field
FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) stands for "Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference." Over the past decades, disinformation has become one of the most serious challenges in the modern world. ...
Political persecution of children in Russia
An analytical review of the political persecution of minors in modern Russia. When, in the summer of 2020, 14-year-old teenagers from Kansk were arrested for putting up leaflets on a ...
Blankspot has obtained a Russian document entitled “2026 Programme of Work on Countering Fashism” from a reliable source.
Blankspot has obtained a Russian document entitled "2026 Programme of Work on Countering Fashism" from a reliable source. The document outlines both the general objectives and the specific methods for ...
Schirrmacher promotes interfaith dialogue and human brotherhood in Abu Dhabi
Schirrmacher promotes interfaith dialogue and human brotherhood in Abu Dhabi Prof Dr Dr Thomas Paul Schirrmacher, President of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) and President of the International ...
Dmytro Lubinets: Russia uses 695 forms of torture against Ukrainian prisoners of war
Russia uses 695 forms of torture against Ukrainian prisoners of war, including beatings, physical torture, sexual violence, and psychological abuse. This was reported by Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner ...
The ‘Social Design Agency’ network is linked to the Kremlin’s disinformation and influence operations
The name ‘Social Design Agency’ (SDA) is used in various contexts; however, in the international media and Western official sources, the abbreviation ‘SDA’ primarily refers to the Russian network ‘Social ...
Belarus: 848 political prisoners
Political Prisoners' Day in Belarus Belarus: Over 840 political prisoners – regime conducts nuclear war exercises ISHR calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners Minsk/Frankfurt am Main, 20 ...
Moldova’s prison system: signs of a systemic crisis and risks of human rights violations
The events at Penitentiary No. 3 in Leova in May 2026 served as one of the most alarming indicators of the state of the prison system in the Republic of ...
Human rights activist Nina Litvinova, 80, has taken her own life over the war and the plight of political prisoners
Nina Litvinova, a Moscow dissident and human rights activist has taken her own life at the age of 80. In a suicide note shared on Facebook by her cousin, the ...