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BRUTAL MILITARY OPERATION OF TURKISH AND IRANIAN TROOPS
Frankfurt am Main, November 21, 2022 - After attacks by the Turkish air force on the town of Kobane in the Syrian autonomous region, the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) warns of a broad military offensive by NATO member Turkey in northern Syria.
ISHR: Newsletter November 2022
While the war in Ukraine continues to keep the world on tenterhooks, although the tide seems to be slowly turning, two other issues with direct human rights relevance come into focus for us this November.
Editorial: Looking with Concern to Taiwan and Qatar
While the war in Ukraine continues to keep the world on tenterhooks, although the tide seems to be slowly turning, two other issues with direct human rights relevance come into focus for us this November: first, the growing tensions between China and Taiwan and, rather inevitably, human rights conditions in the host country of one of the biggest sporting events of the year: the Men's Soccer World Cup in Qatar.
Uganda: Government should Account for Heinous Violations
On the 31st of May 2021, Ugandans woke up to scathing footage of what security forces had done six months before in the infamous November 2020 shootings in Kampala.
Russia: Izolyatsia, the Kremlin’s Master Detention Facility
As the war on Ukraine by the Russian regime ravages, more gross violations of human rights by the Russian state and its backed Separatists continue to surface. A very recent picture of these violations is the arbitrary imprisonment of pro-Ukraine activists and scholars in the ‘Izolyatsia prison.
Africa – Democracy and Human Rights
Democracies around the world appear to be best able to protect human rights, even if this is not automatic.
Where in the world are our President and our Secretary General?
ISHR Secretary General met Germany’s foreign minister
ISHR Secretary General Matthias Boehning had the chance to briefly talk with Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s foreign minister, at COP27.
For democracy and freedom in Belarus
Looking back: A year ago, Thomas Schirrmacher spoke together with top politicians at large-scale demonstration in Frankfurts historic center
Schirrmacher and Böhning visited Ukrainian refugees
Thomas Schirrmacher and Matthias Böhning visited Ukrainian refugee centers of ISHR, “Our House” and Caritas in Vilnius
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 »
What we do
We defend the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights worldwide. Learn more »
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