As the world celebrated the 25th year of World Press Freedom Day, the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR), alongside the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), held an event in Stockholm in Sweden. The aim was to echo the voices of Turkish journalists living in exile and advocate for the release of unjustly jailed journalists… … Read more →
The International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) brought together on Monday the 30th of April 2018 at King’s College London, world renowned counter-terrorism experts from 9 nations, a reformed former extremist and a US journalist who was kidnapped by the Al Nusra Front, a former Al Qaeda affiliate. This event initiated the launch of the… … Read more →
The International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) yesterday brought together, in the UK Parliament, the families of Iranian-Swedish Professor Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali and Canadian permanent resident Mr. Saeed Malekpour who were unjustly sentenced to prison in Iran. Since 2015, at least 30 dual-nationals have been imprisoned in Iran on baseless charges, including British-Iranian charity worker… … Read more →
7.4.2018 – London The International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) has partnered with Mr. Hanif Qadir, a reformed Islamic extremist and the founder of the Active Change Foundation (ACF) to raise awareness, counter radicalisation and engage returning fighters and prisoners seeking a path to rehabilitation. IOHR is launching a campaign called “Not Born a Radical”,… … Read more →
The International Observatory of Human Rights, brought together the leading Canadian and UK practitioners in community sponsorship for the event The Benefits of Community Sponsorship of Syrian Refugees to call for the expansion of the scheme as part of the ongoing #BeARefugeeSponsor campaign. The UK Community Sponsorship scheme, gives local communities the opportunity to assume… … Read more →
The International Observatory of Human Rights collaborated with the Sorbonne Human Rights Association in Paris to organise a panel discussion on ‘Freedom of Expression in Turkey – Cumhuriyet Case’ on February 12, 2018. The panel of experts and family members of detained journalists drew attention to the plight of the 17 Cumhuriyet employees accused by… … Read more →
Valerie Peay, the director of the International Observatory of Human Rights invited Muratcan Sabuncu, the son of Murat Sabuncu the editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper unjustly jailed in Turkey ahead of the hearing scheduled for March 9th. Sabuncu also the president of the Sorbonne Human Rights Association and the IOHR delegation met with officials and human… … Read more →
The International Observatory of Human Rights launches a unique human rights TV web portal in London with an interview with actor and UNICEF ambassador Charley Boorman. Boorman will be discussing his fundraising work with UNICEF to spread awareness about poverty, victims of AIDS and better facilities for British servicemen and women wounded or injured in… … Read more →