Bursaries
A Judge’s Story
When a wife and mother decided to flee her troubled homeland and the prospect of years in jail, she started a journey which would change her family’s life.
Family reunion
Reunited. And It’s Thanks To You.
Imagine the joy Sam felt the day he greeted his wife and two children at the airport. It was the first time he saw them in just over a year-and-a-half.
Announcements
The Covid-19 crisis is also a human rights crisis, says panel of experts
The Covid-19 crisis is also a human rights crisis, with most
of our rights under threat in some way or another – and we all have a role to play in protecting them.
This was the message to come out of a recent online panel discussion featuring speakers from Prisoners of Conscience, Amnesty International UK, Front Line Defenders and Human Rights Watch.
Events
Event: Human rights under lockdown – how to protect our rights during the Coronavirus pandemic
Join Prisoners of Conscience, Human Rights Watch, Front Line Defenders and Amnesty International UK for this webinar on how to protect human rights during the Covid pandemic.
Events
Human rights under lockdown: our event speakers
We have a fantastic line-up of speakers for our panel discussion on “human rights under lockdown” on Thursday 11 June.
Announcements
Covid-19: How Prisoners of Conscience is responding
we are enormously concerned about the impact the coronavirus is having, and will continue to have, on human rights defenders around the world.
Impossible Choices
“I faced all kinds of torture when I was in prison”
For the crime of providing medical supplies to sick and injured people, Amina was arrested, imprisoned and tortured.
Events
International Women’s Day: Prisoners of Conscience urges the corporate sector to do more to protect female human rights defenders
The corporate sector can and should do more to support female human rights defenders, including by fostering new and different relationships with civil society organisations and individuals themselves.
Impossible Choices
“I was an activist against the brutal state policies against Kurds in Turkey”
Baran is a Prisoners of Conscience beneficiary. We recently held an online interview with him to learn more about his experiences. He told us about how he was thrown in jail for helping defend the rights of Kurdish people.