Human Rights News
Ukraine: Christmas party under drone attacks and rocket fire
This would be the third Christmas celebration that the ISHR has organised for aid workers and victims of the war.
Lebanon: Without registration, there is no school, no work, and no housing
Six-year-old Rosalie from Lebanon is inquisitive; she wants to attend school regularly, demonstrate what she has learned, and keep up with her peers.
Syria: No longer at home in one’s own country?
Christians in northern Syria in a difficult situation
Russia: Providing timely help before the fall into poverty
Putin punishes his critics even into the next generation.
Pakistan: Christian family freed from debt bondage
A Merry Christmas for eight-year-old Neha for the first time!
Indian Supreme Court: The anti-conversion law effectively restricts religious freedom
India’s Supreme Court has raised concerns about the constitutionality of certain provisions of the so-called “Anti-Conversion Law” in Uttar Pradesh.
Political Prisoners worldwide
China: “I don’t even know if my father is still alive”
Ilham Tohti is believed to have been detained in the No. 1 Prison in Urumqi, Xinjiang Region, since December 12, 2014.
Iran: Kurdish environmental activist victim of state arbitrariness
The well-known Kurdish civil rights activist and activist Malak Faraj-Beygi is primarily involved in the field of climate justice.
Cuba: Arrested for participating in a peaceful demonstration
Nelson joined neighbours in a peaceful protest against long-lasting power outages on October 18, 2024. As a result, he was arbitrarily arrested.
Where in the world are our President and our Secretary General?
Syria-Germany: Strengthening cooperation in the field of crisis response
The Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management discussed with a German delegation ways to strengthen cooperation in the areas of emergency, crisis and disaster response, as well as benefiting from German expertise.
“True security lies in protecting all Syrians”
ISHR leaders met with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, to discuss the challenges facing Syria’s Christian communities following the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime.
ISHR Leaders Engage with Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch Amid Historic Post-Assad Elections
In a timely show of international solidarity, Archbishop Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher and Matthias Böhning met with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II.