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ISHR team continues to help Ukrainians in need

ISHR team continues to help Ukrainians in need

ISHR team provide humanitarian aid in Sumy, Poltava and Zaporizhzhia regions On March 31, 2023, the ISHR team delivered Javel-Clade water disinfectant to Putivl water utility (Sumy region), that is ...
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years

Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine. He was found guilty of ...
OHCHR: Treatment of prisoners of war (24 February 2022 - 23 February 2023)

OHCHR: Treatment of prisoners of war (24 February 2022 – 23 February 2023)

OHCHR: Treatment of Prisoners of War and Persons Hors de Combat in the Context of the Armed Attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine (24 February 2022 - 23 February ...
OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 August 2022 - 31 January 2023)

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 August 2022 – 31 January 2023)

OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 August 2022 - 31 January 2023) The thirty-fifth report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ...
ISHR team distributes hygiene kits and medicines to people in need

ISHR team distributes hygiene kits and medicines to people in need

March 12 - 18, 2023. ISHR team provides humanitarian aid in Sumy, Poltava and Kyiv regions The ISHR team continues to support the people of Putivl community (Sumy region). On ...
ISHR team distributes warming and hygiene kits

ISHR team distributes warming and hygiene kits

February 26 - March 6, 2023. ISHR team provides humanitarian aid in Sumy and Poltava regions Help from the ISHR team is very welcomed in the border regions! On February ...
US State Department points out human rights problems in Moldova in its 2022 annual report

US State Department points out human rights problems in Moldova in its 2022 annual report

US State Department criticises Moldova for human rights abuses The document identifies problems such as: "reports of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by the authorities", "unsuitable and life-threatening ...
Humanity is losing its rights. Civil liberties have become a luxury for 96.8% of the world's population

Humanity is losing its rights. Civil liberties have become a luxury for 96.8% of the world’s population

CIVICUS has presented its annual ranking of civil liberties around the world, which it has published since 2017. Only 3.2% of the world's people can fully and safely express their ...
Meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Ignalina

Meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Ignalina

Meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Ignalina The Lithuanian section of the International Society for Human Rights has been supporting Ukrainian refugees on an ongoing basis since the beginning of the ...
Beds for the Kherson Military Hospital

Beds for the Kherson Military Hospital

Beds for the Kherson Military Hospital IGFM-Wittlich and the International Society for Human Rights handed over another batch of humanitarian aid to the Belarusian organisation "Nash Dom" in Lithuania. This ...
Belarus: The outcry must not remain unheard

Belarus: The outcry must not remain unheard

Belarus. 10 years imprisonment for the 60-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Dr. phil. Ales Bialiatski. His last words in court:“This civil war must end! I hope you will hear me" ...
ISHR team helps IDPs, children and hospitals

ISHR team helps IDPs, children and hospitals

February 17 - 20, 2023. ISHR team provides humanitarian aid in Poltava and Kharkiv regions On February 17, 2023, ISHR team brought food to Mirgorod Specialised School (Poltava region). This ...
ISHR team continues to bring light and warmth to Ukrainians

ISHR team continues to bring light and warmth to Ukrainians

February 14 - 15, 2023. ISHR team provides humanitarian aid in Sumy and Poltava regions Light to schools from ISHR team! On February 14, 2023, in Putivl (Sumy region), our ...
1 year of aggressive war in Ukraine

1 year of aggressive war in Ukraine

1 year of aggressive war in Ukraine "Without coming to terms with the past there is no future" Ivan Agrusov, Russian exile in Stalin times, founder of the International Society ...
ISHR team helps Ukrainian territorial communities

ISHR team helps Ukrainian territorial communities

January 26 - February 4, 2023. ISHR team provides humanitarian aid in Poltava and Sumy regions Help from ISHR in action! In the Shyshaky territorial community (Poltava region), a form ...
ISHR team helps displaced and elderly people

ISHR team helps displaced and elderly people

January 13-18, 2023. ISHR team provides humanitarian aid in Poltava, Kyiv and Sumy regions It is very important for everyone to have a home where it is warm, cosy and ...