ISHR NEWS
A New Year wish from a Refugee Doctor Stuck in the Deadly Sudan War
In the face of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, a dire humanitarian crisis is unfolding, placing the lives of 70,000 Tigrayan refugees, among others in Gedarif, in imminent danger.
ISHR President calls for protecting and enforcing religious freedom
Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher makes an appeal to German political decision-makers on the occasion of the presentation of the Yearbooks for Religious Freedom
End of year giving
Unlock the Power of Youth: Year-End Giving Campaign for Human Rights Advocacy and Education
Cyber Monday
This Cyber Monday, we invite you to join us in making a lasting impact by supporting our mission to empower and inspire the next generation of Human Rights Ambassadors.
Twitter Spaces: Human Rights Status Report
The 10th of December 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Therefore we pause to reflect on the extent to which human rights have been respected, promoted, and protected.
A call to Tolerance
While on trial on 23 December 2009 Nobel Laurette Liu Xiaobo, looked toward the people who were part of the system that oppressed him.
The Path to Lasting Peace
Embracing Holistic Youth Participation in Peacebuilding
Immigrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees too Deserve their Guaranteed Rights
The consequences of the refugee crisis have been dramatic for the European Union, which now sees itself drifting apart.
Swiss Human Rights Prize 2023 awarded to the co-founder of the International Criminal Court Philippe Currat
In 2023, the Board of Directors of the International Society for Human Rights – Swiss Section – will once again award the renowned Swiss Human Rights Prize
Asia-Pacific: Regional Updates
Regional Updates from Dr. Krmanji Othman, the ISHR Vice President for the Asia-Pacific region.
China: House Church Preacher Detained at an Unknown Location
The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) and the Protestant news agency IDEA have named Chinese Christian Chang Hao from Yunnan province as the “Prisoner of the Month for November 2023”.
Nicaragua: Regime gets rid of Catholic critics
Twelve imprisoned Catholic priests were released from political prison in Nicaragua on October 18 and forced into exile.
Schirrmacher thanks 40.000 Ahmadiyya Muslims for the Engagement for Religious Freedom
The president of the International Council of the ISHR and Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), Professor Thomas Schirrmacher, thanked the 40.000 participants of the Ahmadiyya Jalsa Salana in Karlsruhe for not only enjoying religious freedom in Germany after having fled death threats in Pakistan, but in turn loud and insisting called for religious freedom and against any violence or compulsion in religion.
“Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Conscience, and Freedom of Speech as the Heart of our Democracy”
In a lecture in the Horst Weizmann lecture hall in the main building of the University of Freiburg, the President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights stated that “freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and freedom of speech are not marginal.
† Marat Zakhidov (1940–2019) – a tireless fighter for human rights worldwide
At the age of 78, Prof. Dr. Marat Zakhidov, Secretary General of the International Council of the ISHR, has left us. It is no coincidence that he died far away from his homeland Uzbekistan, in Jerusalem on one of his many missions.
The President of the ISHR visits the Ukraine
The President of ISHR meets the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Minister of Education in Kiev and Washington
The president of the ISHR recommends the new book of Rudolf Decker about Africa
Here you find my review, in which I as president of the International Council of the International Society of Human Rights (ISHR) recommend the new book of Rudolf Decker about Africa as pioneering.