February 27, 2024 We, 32 Russian and international human rights organizations, condemn Moscow’s Golovinsky District Court’s sentencing today of Oleg Orlov, co-chair of Human Rights Defense Center Memorial, to 2 years and 6 months in prison on politically motivated charges…
Theme: Human Rights Defenders
We, members of the International Memorial Association, consider it vital to draw attention to the new instances of persecution of our colleagues that have occurred in the recent weeks. Human rights activist and former member of the Memorial Human Rights…
International Human Rights Day, December 10, marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2018). In 2023, the 75th anniversary of the Declaration is celebrated, and this year, the United Nations announced the theme of Freedom, equality and…
After ten years of relentless judicial harassment, Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, two prominent human rights defenders in Bangladesh, have been sentenced to two years in prison today. Their conviction is based on politically motivated charges and aims…
July 14, 2023 marks two years since the arrest, arbitrary detention and prosecution of Ales Bialiatski, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 and chairman of the human rights center “Viasna”, deputy head of “Viasna” and vice-president of FIDH…
April 28, 2023The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following…