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Bursaries

We fund post-graduate and re-qualification studies to allow prisoners of conscience to recommence their work and thereby become self-sufficient and to be able to add back to society.

In  2018 we gave ten Bursary grants totalling over £63,000.

Bursaries

“I refused to become a slave of the evil treatment of the government in Eritrea. My rejection has become a crime.”

Hyab’s problems with the regime started when he began working in the Ministry of Education, where he was forced to engage in the government’s illusive political propaganda against his will. Hyab wasn’t willing to compromise and suppress his beliefs and for that he was punished.

By Joanna Pitta, 4 months4 months ago
Bursaries

Joanna’s 2.6 Challenge: Thanks for the motivation, Amir!

Amir’s story brings a smile to my face. Running 15km now seems much easier compared to the challenges Amir had to overcome. I feel privileged to be able to play my small part and give back to those brave people who have fought for their and our rights.

By Joanna Pitta, 10 months10 months ago
University of Khartoum
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

By Becky Slack, 1 year1 year ago
Announcements

Happy human rights day!

Today we applaud
everyone who supports human rights – particularly our Big Give Christmas Challenge supporters who have helped us raise over £30,000

By Joanna Pitta, 1 year1 year ago
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…

By Becky Slack, 1 year1 year ago
Appeals

“Prisoners of Conscience gave me a new life”

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.

By Becky Slack, 1 year1 year ago
Announcements

Help transform the lives of human rights defenders this Christmas

Prisoners of Conscience teams up with the Big Give Christmas Challenge to double the impact of donations made between 3 and 10 December

By Becky Slack, 1 year1 year ago
Bursaries

Bravery and hard work of human rights defenders recognised at special ceremony

Prisoners of Conscience has celebrated the latest round of bursary grantees at a special ceremony in London.

By Becky Slack, 1 year1 year ago
Bursaries

Our bursary grants: Helping prisoners of conscience rebuild their lives

When threats against you and your family force you to flee your home in search of safety, it can be hard to readjust – and even harder to find meaningful employment, as Sobia from Pakistan was to discover. But thanks to Prisoners of Conscience and our bursary grants scheme, she was able to turn her life around

By Becky Slack, 1 year1 year ago
Bursaries

Hounded for making ethnic minorities in Turkey heard- Esin’s story

What first motivated Esin to escape the comfort of her teaching career in Turkey and become politically active was the growing sense that widespread injustice was corroding her country:  “I witnessed severe human rights abuse in Turkey for many years” she told Prisoners of Conscience, but “the mistreatment of ethnic Read more…

By Joanna Pitta, 2 years2 years ago

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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7407 6644
Registered Charity No. 213766


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