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.
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…
Kevin, a politically active journalist from Cameroon, sought refuge in the UK after being constantly targeted by government authorities for his work. He has been arrested, detained and tortured numerous times for exposing and criticising the government. Being a member of a non-violent, self-determination organisation advocating for the independence of Read more…
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In Sudan, objecting to government decisions can be dangerous, as Kamil, a teaching assistant at the University of Khartoum, was to discover. After protesting on behalf of suspended students, he was persecuted and tortured by the Sudanese Security Authority. In April 2016, after a decision by the Sudanese government to sell part of Read more…
Anya, a Kurdish lawyer, human rights activist, and single mother from Turkey, has been subjected to ethnic persecution for as long as she can remember. At the age of 14, she became involved with a political party that promoted cultural and political rights of all Kurds. It was that same Read more…