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
“We didn’t realise this was a serious crime”
As a passionate supporter of democracy and as someone who wanted a career in politics, the conditions of her bail meant Pam had to make an impossible choice. Either give up all her dreams and aspirations and stay in Thailand; continue campaigning for democracy and face a 10-year sentence; or leave the country and everything she knew and loved behind.
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
Arrested for doing her job
Faheema’s* lifelong ambition has been to work as a pharmacist. Achieving that goal, however, has not been easy. Her story is one of danger, impossible choices and a 5,000-mile journey into the unknown.
Bursaries
Bashir earns a distinction – thanks to your support
Bashir was forced to flee Sudan in order to save his life. Now he has a Masters in Environmental Engineering and is rebuilding his life, thanks to you
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.
Announcements
EVENT: How to survive and thrive as a prisoner of conscience
Hear the story of Baran, a persecuted human rights lawyer, in this interview with Victoria Brittain, former associate foreign editor of the Guardian
Announcements
Supporter survey results: “Human rights are the cornerstone of humanity”
The results of our supporter survey are in. You confirmed what we thought we knew already: that our supporters are generous, knowledgeable and committed to supporting human rights and those who protect them.
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…