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November 20, 2024 News Release

Tajikistan: Tajik Activist Deported from Germany Jailed

Berlin Should Request His Release, Ensure He Is Not Mistreated

Dilmurod Ergashev at a demonstration in Berlin on December 23, 2022 in support of Abdullohi Shamsiddin who was detained and ultimately deported to Tajikistan in January 2023.
November 18, 2024 News Release

Africans and People of African Descent Call on Europe to Reckon with Their Colonial Legacies

The 19 delegates, UK Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, organizers and facilitators at the Dekoloniale Berlin Africa Conference, November 15, 2024.
November 14, 2024 News Release

Europe Has Yet to Address Colonial Legacies

140 Years After Key European Colonial Conference, Ongoing Impacts Require Urgent Action

Hundreds of people of African descent took part in the African Emancipation Day Reparations March in London, August 1, 2017.
November 11, 2024 Dispatches

Germany’s Muddle on Antisemitism

New Parliamentary Resolution Threatens Human Rights

Lawmakers in the German Bundestag  (Lower House of Parliament) in Berlin, Germany on November 7, 2024.
October 31, 2024 Dispatches

Tajik Activist in Germany at Risk of Deportation

Deportee Faces Risk of Torture in Tajikistan

Dilmurod Ergashev at a demonstration in Berlin on December 23, 2022 in support of Abdullohi Shamsiddin who was detained and ultimately deported to Tajikistan in January 2023.
September 12, 2024 Dispatches

Germany-Central Asia Summit Should Promote Rights

Improvements in Fundamental Freedoms, Liberties Are the Bedrock for Closer Ties

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C) and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock receive the heads of state for the Central Asia Summit at the Chancellery in the International Hall, Berlin, September 29, 2023.
September 9, 2024 News Release

Cluster Munitions: New Use, Transfers Test International Ban

Global Report Tracks Civilian Harm from Prohibited Weapon

Stockpiled cluster munitions and their submunitions being prepared for destruction.
July 30, 2024 Commentary

US Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine via Germany

Photo shows stockpiles of 155mm cluster munition artillery projectiles.
July 22, 2024 Commentary

As Europe Heats Up, Silencing Climate Activists is Emerging as a Troubling Trend

Mobile riot gendarmes policing a protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation in Sainte-Soline, France March 2023.
May 28, 2024 Dispatches

Germany Prosecutes Environmental Defenders

Indictment of Last Generation Sets Dangerous Precedent

Police officers remove an activist of the "Letzte Generation" as they protest for climate action in Berlin, Germany September 28, 2023.
May 23, 2024 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs on Threats to the International Criminal Court

May 23, 2024

May 10, 2024 News Release

Germany: British-Palestinian Doctor Denied Schengen Entry

Reported Ban Risks Undermining German Commitment to Free Expression, Assembly

Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict medicine, speaks during an interview at the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut, Lebanon, December 9, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Hussein Malla
April 30, 2024 News Release

Germany Falling Short in Curbing Anti-Muslim Racism

Gaps in Responses; Narrow Understanding; Lack of Data, Capacity

Demonstrators mark the anniversary of a far-right extremist attack on February 19, 2020 in Hanau, Germany, that killed nine persons of predominantly Muslim background, February 17, 2024.
April 18, 2024 Dispatches

German Chancellor’s Trip to China a Wasted Opportunity

No Sign Olaf Scholz Ever Mentioned Human Rights

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sits opposite of Chinese President Xi Jinping during talks at the State Guest House in Beijing, China, April 16, 2024.
April 15, 2024 News Release

Germany: Scholz Should Stand Firm on Rights in China

Chancellor’s Visit a Test for Berlin’s Resolve on its China Strategy

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 4, 2022.

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