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The ISHR represents a network of grassroots human rights defenders in over 30 countries worldwide.Latest News
Sick civil rights activist injected with an unknown substance
Dr. René Gomez Manzano, representative of ISHR Cuba, spent several days unconscious after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and injected with an unknown substance under the care of the Cuban regime. He lost consciousness and suffered communication issues. The ISHR demands full clarification of the events.
Very Important Stamps: ISHR prison mail Initiative
The ISHR's new prison mail initiative aims to protect political prisoners from reprisals and torture. The stamps are intended to show to prison staff on site, as soon as letters arrive, that the prisoners addressed are covered by international attention. All portraits come from well-known artists from Germany who have supported us fantastically on this project.
Nicaragua: opposition presidential candidate under house arrest
Cristiana Chamorro has been detained and held incommunicado at her home since June 3rd. She is the candidate for the opposition in the next presidential elections and has the best chance of winning the polls, removing Daniel Ortega from office after fourteen years of ruling.
Focus: the North Caucasus, Ingushetia, origins
Ingushetia: already 2 years in Russian pre-trial detention for peaceful protests against the handover of land to Chechnya. The former interior minister, the head of the local Red Cross, a museum director, two young lawyers, a university professor, a philologist and elected representative, a department head in the health sector ... They all urgently need our help!
Hunger Striker Isolated – Journalists and Democracy Activist Detained
Cuban journalists and activist Mary Karla Ares, Thais Franco and Esteban Rodríguez remain detained for protesting the violations against Otero Alcántara. ISHR: Cuba’s leadership practices news suppression and imprisons journalists.
In memory of Andrei Sakharov: the 100th anniversary of the outstanding man´s birth
In memory of Andrei Sakharov, who would have turned 100 on 21 May 2021. How would he celebrate his 100th birthday today?
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OUR PRESIDENT?
Cottbus Declaration on GDR Forced Labor of September 13, 2020: “Serious injustice has been done to these people”
The Union of Victims’ Associations of Communist Tyranny, the Human Rights Center Cottbus, the International Society for Human Rights and the Memorial Foundation Victims of Communism organized a tribunal on “Forced Labor in Political Prison in the GDR”.
Global Evangelical and Muslim organizations launch major joint religious freedom project
Leaders from the world’s largest independent Muslim organization and the world’s largest Evangelical Christian organization are beginning a joint effort to respond globally to threats to religious freedom coming from religious extremism and secular extremism.
Schirrmacher visits Memorial Hall in Nanjing
The President of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), Thomas Schirrmacher, visited the Memorial Hall for the victims of the Massacre of the Japanese invaders 1937/1938 in Nanjing (China).
Who we are
The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) was founded in 1972 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to advocate for and is now represented in over 30 countries. Learn more »
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