Announcements
Happy human rights day!
Today we applaud
everyone who supports human rights – particularly our Big Give Christmas Challenge supporters who have helped us raise over £30,000
Bursaries
Yusuf’s story: “Living in exile is like having to create yourself from your ashes”
Yusuf is a human rights lawyer from a Kurdish city in south-eastern Turkey. He has recently been able to requalify as a human rights lawyer in the UK, thanks to a bursary grant from Prisoners of Conscience. Growing up in a Kurdish city in Turkey isn’t easy. The ethnic Kurdish Read more…
Appeals
“Prisoners of Conscience gave me a new life”
When Victoria left Zimbabwe to visit the UK in 2010, she never thought that she wouldn’t be able to return home. But that is exactly the situation she found herself in. This is the story of what happened and how she has rebuilt her life with support of Prisoners of Conscience.
Announcements
Help transform the lives of human rights defenders this Christmas
Prisoners of Conscience teams up with the Big Give Christmas Challenge to double the impact of donations made between 3 and 10 December
Bursaries
Bravery and hard work of human rights defenders recognised at special ceremony
Prisoners of Conscience has celebrated the latest round of bursary grantees at a special ceremony in London.
Bursaries
Our bursary grants: Helping prisoners of conscience rebuild their lives
When threats against you and your family force you to flee your home in search of safety, it can be hard to readjust – and even harder to find meaningful employment, as Sobia from Pakistan was to discover. But thanks to Prisoners of Conscience and our bursary grants scheme, she was able to turn her life around
Announcements
Lack of justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia reflects decline in press freedom in Malta – and beyond
Two years ago to the day, the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in a car bombing near her home. Known for her investigative reporting that exposed official corruption in Malta and beyond, she was the country’s most prominent journalist. Despite the high-profile nature of the case and the Read more…
Announcements
Ethiopia’s Justice Day – cautious optimism or a claim too far?
In April 2018 Abiy Ahmed was chosen as the Chairman of the ruling coalition in Ethiopia, the EPRDF, and as a result was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Since Ahmed’s appointment as Prime Minister, Ethiopia’s human rights record has improved significantly. Almost immediately after he was sworn Read more…
Bursaries
Hounded for making ethnic minorities in Turkey heard- Esin’s story
What first motivated Esin to escape the comfort of her teaching career in Turkey and become politically active was the growing sense that widespread injustice was corroding her country: “I witnessed severe human rights abuse in Turkey for many years” she told Prisoners of Conscience, but “the mistreatment of ethnic Read more…
Announcements
Asia Bibi story is just the tip of the iceberg
Prisoners of Conscience was delighted to hear the news that Asia Bibi has left Pakistan after blasphemy acquittal. However, her story is just the tip of the iceberg. Our experiences supporting prisoners of conscience in Pakistan show that there are hundreds of cases similar to Asia’s. Many religious minorities suffer Read more…