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ISHR Newsletter • September 2022
The ongoing war in Ukraine has continued to keep Europe and the world on tenterhooks in recent weeks. There is work to be done on all fronts.
Twitter Spaces: Knowledge Sharing Series
We at the ISHR pride ourselves in knowledge sharing as a tool for advocacy. These series will enable us connect with key actors in the human rights ecosystem.
Africa: Are African Youths being Apathetic to Politics?
Alex Martin Musiime about the youth in Africa
Georgia: Protecting the Rights of the Indigenous Population and Actively Working with Youth
The Georgian section of ISHR continues to actively protect the rights of the population in the occupied territories of Georgia – Abkhazia and Samakhablo.
Africa: Dictators in Africa are not Letting Their Guard Down
This year’s International Day for Democracy fell at a time the African Continent is registering big steps in the democratic governance space.
Switzerland: PluSport Handicap Receives Swiss Human Rights Award
The Swiss section of ISHR has awarded PluSport Handicap Switzerland, the head organization for Swiss disabled sports, with the Swiss Human Rights Award.
Sweden: Forced Organ Harvesting – „An unprecedented evil on this planet”
For many years, ISHR Sweden has been engaged in the Almedalen Week, a yearly meeting-point for politicians and Non-governmental Organizations on Gotland.
Nicaragua: Ortega Cracks Down on the Catholic Church
When Daniel Ortega came back to power in 2007, he promised not to make again the same mistakes he had made in his previous tenure (1979–1990).
Nicaragua: Human Rights Situation is Deteriorating
NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA Nicaragua: Human Rights Situation is Deteriorating The situation in Nicaragua – a country where sanctions against its governments down poured over the couple of dictators running the country – remains unchanged. The number of political prisoners now stands at 190 – among those seven presidential candidates who were a visible threat to Ortega’s ambition to [...]
NEWS FROM THE PRESIDENT
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
Schirrmacher met the Ambassador of Kiribati to the UN & USA
Thomas Schirrmacher and Matthias Böhning met the Ambassador of Kiribati to the UN and USA, Teburoro Tito
Schirrmacher met Ambassador Satyendra Prasad
Thomas Schirrmacher and Matthias Böhning met the Ambassador of Fiji to the UN as Chair of Pacific Small States
Thomas Schirrmacher visited the grave of Elisabeth Schiemann
The president of the ISHR visited the grave of Elisabeth Schiemann, who spoke out against National Socialism and was a “Righteous Among the Nations”
May 2022: Thomas Schirrmacher visits Stockholm
The ISHR President, Thomas Schirrmacher, and the ISHR General Secretary, Matthias Böhning, visited Sweden and had many meetings.
May 2022: Thomas Schirrmacher met the head of UN Volunteers
The President of the ISHR, Thomas Schirrmacher, and the ISHR Secretary General, Matthias Böhning, met Tony Kurbanov, Executive Coordinator of UN VOLUNTEERS.
April 2022: Meeting with the Secretary General of the UN
Thomas Schirrmacher visited the Secretary General of the United Nations in New York
April 2022: Meeting the President of the Estonian Parliament
Thomas Schirrmacher visited the President of the Estonian Parliament to inform himself about the effect, the war against the Ukraine has on Estonia.
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