ISHR NEWS
Pakistan: Challenges Pakistani Minorities are Facing due to Uncertain Political Situation
The Last 5 years have been a particularly challenging time in Pakistan regarding the economy, security, international relations and Human Rights.
Iraq: Regional Updates from VP
On the 1st of February, we were interviewed by the Harem news agency; we discussed the acts of aggression against the Kurdistan region of Iraq and their threat to international peace and security. We also discussed the Iranian attack on the city of Erbil and the killing of civilians and children.
Iraq: Is Europe Facing A New Wave Of Refugees?
On the 18th of January, we were interviewed on K24 satellite channel to discuss the role of the international community in protecting human rights based on a collective human security approach.
Belarus: Tightening Of The Law On Religion
A new, stricter law on religion was published in Belarus on 5 January and is due to come into force on 5 July.
Iran: Convert Arrested At Christmas
The ISHR and the Protestant news agency IDEA have named the Iranian Christian Ismail Narimanpour as “Prisoner of the Month for February”.
Iran: Executions, Torture, Arbitrariness
The World Must Not Remain Silent About The Crimes Of The Mullah Regime
Nigeria: Violent Attacks On Christian Villages
The Christians in the central Nigerian state of Plateau cannot rest: around 20 rural were the target of a series of armed attacks over Christmas 2023.
Nigeria: A Dream Became Reality For Half-Orphan Ann
The Nigerian Christian Ann O. once imagined her life differently after finishing secondary school.
Russia: Priest Removed From Office For Criticising The War
The well-known Russian Orthodox archpriest Alexei Uminski was removed from office by the Moscow diocesan court on 13 January after more than 30 years of service.
Ukraine: Relatives Of Civilians Abducted To Russia In Worry And Distress
At the time of going to press, 42 other relatives of Ukrainian civilians who had been abducted to Russia had contacted the ISHR and asked for support.
Belarus: Nationwide raids on family members of political prisoners
The International Society for Human Rights strongly condemns yesterday's arrests and repressions and describes Lukashenka's increasing isolation policy as a crime against humanity.
Welcome 2024
Dear friends and advocates for human rights, As we bid farewell to 2023, a year that has tested the resilience of human rights worldwide, we gather to reflect on the challenges, celebrate the successes, and look ahead to the promise of the coming year 2024.
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.
March 2022: ISHR Baltic State visit
Thomas Schirrmacher starts his first day of the Baltic States trip in Vilnius, Lithuania with a meeting with Jurgita Samoskiene and Olga Karach.
January 2022: Thomas Schirrmacher visits the Lieutenant Governor of Bonaire
Thomas Schirrmacher visited the Lieutenant Governor of Bonaire, Edison Enrique Rijna. Bonaire is located close to the coast of Venezuela.
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).
Guest lecture on human trafficking at the University of Cologne
The President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, Thomas Schirrmacher, gave a lecture on “Human Trafficking – The Return of Slavery” in Lecture Hall XII of the University of Cologne at the invitation of the student association ‘campus connect’.
The President of the ISHR meets with human rights defenders in Moldova and in Transnistria
The purpose of the visit was to support Moldovan human rights activists, including the members of the Moldovan Section of the ISHR, as well as on-site study of the state of human rights in the Republic of Moldova, including the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria).
Human Trafficking Experts visit Brick Factory Slaves in Lahore
The President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) and author of the book ‘Human Trafficking’ has sought out brick factories near Lahore, Pakistan where slaves working under the most degrading conditions are producing bricks.
The International Society for Human Rights thanks the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Cuba for its Great Courage
The president of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) has thanked the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Cuba for demonstrating increasing courage in issues relating to human rights and that he has met with the ‘Ladies in White’.
Vietnamese Institute for Human Rights: Expert Discussion at the IGFM
Upon request of the German Foundation for Legal Cooperation (IRZ) on behalf of the Federal Government, an expert discussion about human rights was held on the premises of the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) in Frankfurt, with an eight-member delegation of the Vietnamese Institute for Human Rights (VIMR), which was sent by their government.
The President of ISHR meets the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Minister of Education in Kiev and Washington
Prof. Dr. phil. h.c. Moritz Hunzinger, together with Prof. Igor Vetrov, and the dean, Prof. Vladimir Evtukh, former minister and ambassador, visited the Christmas reception, which was organized by His Holiness, the Patriarch of Kiev and All Russia-Ukraine Filaret.