Impact

Topic: Europe

  • JHR-supported documentary screened at Italian Senate

    Yesterday, inside the Italian Senate, lawmakers watched a film the Kremlin never wanted them to see. Prisoners: System of Terror, a documentary by independent Russian media outlet Activatica, exposes a vast and secret Russian prison network holding tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians without charge. Ordinary people disappeared into detention centres, stripped of legal rights

  • Journalists for Human Rights blog post

    JHR launches special support program for recently released Belarusian political prisoner journalists

    On December 13, Belarus released 123 political prisoners. The political prisoners range from civil society activists to journalists,  who were arrested and incarcerated for their opposition to Lukashenko’s authoritarian regime. Released prisoners include Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka, Lukashenko’s would-be challenger