We rely entirely on donations to carry out our work. We run three or four main appeals each year to raise funds and awareness of the issues facing prisoners of conscience.
Lake of Lights campaign aims to raise funds and awareness to help
those who are forbidden from practising their faith
Victoria Brittain meets Baran, Turkish human rights lawyer and prisoner of conscience Victoria Britain (0:00-1:24): Hello, everybody. This is Prisoners of Conscience in London. We’re a small charity that does very crucial work helping people who have had to leave their own countries as refugees because of some act of Read more…
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.
For the crime of providing medical supplies to sick and injured people, Amina was arrested, imprisoned and tortured.
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.
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.
Today we applaud
everyone who supports human rights – particularly our Big Give Christmas Challenge supporters who have helped us raise over £30,000
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.
Prisoners of Conscience teams up with the Big Give Christmas Challenge to double the impact of donations made between 3 and 10 December
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 28 April and on Thursday 2 May We are delighted to announce that our long term friend and supporter, John Simpson, will be presenting our BBC Radio 4 Charity Appeal. Our appeal will be broadcasted on 28th April at 07:54 and 21:25 and Read more…