Human Rights in the World
RUSSIA: Three anti-fascist activists sentenced to prison terms of 2 ½ to 9 years An example among many on how the anti-extremist legislation is abused and manipulated in Russia HRWF (16.03.2026) – While Vladimir Putin is fighting the allegedly Nazi state of...
Human Rights in the World
WORLD: International Women’s Day: Protect women journalists from systemic violence To mark International Women’s Day, ARTICLE 19 draws attention to the overlapping attacks, threats, and harassment that women and LGBTQ+ journalists and human rights defenders confront...
Human Rights in the World
RUSSIA: Sentenced to prison for criticizing the President, state bodies & their policies How the anti-terrorist legislation is abused in Russian military courts By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (03.09.2026) – In February 2026,...
Human Rights in the World
UKRAINE: Putin losing his teeth on Ukraine for 4 years. A commemoration in Brussels By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (27.02.2026) – Four years ago, when Russian tanks crossed into Ukraine, the Kremlin imagined a...
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Sudan: The U.S. was right to move to designate Sudan’s Muslim Brotherhood By Carla Davies HRWF (26.02.2026) – Late last year, an executive order was signed in the United States directing a review of certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters for designation as...
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USA: America is losing its exceptionalism (OpEd) HRWF (23.02.2026) – Promoting human rights in authoritarian, former Soviet and Balkan societies beginning in the early 1990s, many of my colleagues longed to live in what they called a “normal” society, one where...
