Den norske Helsingforskomité ber om gransking og mulig etterforskning etter nye opplysninger i Epstein-filene.

24 OSCE participating States invoked the Moscow Mechanism last week in relation to Georgia, launching an independent expert mission to assess the implementation of Georgia’s OSCE human dimension commi...

The NHC joins call on Kyrgyzstan to implement UN working group demands and free journalist Makhabat Tajibek kyzy.

Read in english | Читать на русскомLa libération des personnes persécutées par les régimes totalitaires doit rester l'une des tâches principales de la diplomatie internat

Georgia and Azerbaijan at the Council of Europe: Parliamentary credentials should not be restored without conditions.

We call on the Uzbek authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the allegations of torture against convict Nozimjon Abdullaev and bring those responsible to justice.

The size and composition of Vladimir Putin's delegation, including Roman Abramovich and the head of the Central Bank, and their red-carpet reception in Bishkek shows accelerating rapprochement between...

Authorities in Kazakhstan have targeted independent journalists and media outlets in recent weeks, a coalition of nine human rights groups said today. The authorities have searched the newsroom of an ...

The regime has released over a hundred political prisoners. Still, hundreds of human rights defenders remain arbitrarily detained.

We demand that the Russian Federation immediately disclose the whereabouts of Ukrainian citizen Snezhana Kozlova and release her.

Statement PDF Ilya Nuzov, Head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Desk, his colleague Raphael Lopoukine and one further FIDH staff member, were deported from Kyrgyzstan the same day. Border guards...

Our Deputy Secretary General has been granted the 2024 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award in recognition of his insightful writings.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya visited the NHC and awarded Berit Lindeman a medal 'For Distinguished Work for the Benefit of Belarus'.

Обьявление на русском языке здесь The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is glad to announce that we are now accepting proposals for our Small Grants Program for human rights in Central Asia. We invite non-...

As a practicing lawyer, Gahramanov is known for his involvement in politically sensitive cases, including the defense of many political prisoners, and for his outspoken criticism of police abuse, whic...

- Vi må aldri gi opp å arbeide for et fritt og demokratisk Belarus, sa Sviatlana Tsikanouskaja da hun mottok Magnitskij-prisen for 2025.

Mzia was detained after placing a sticker calling for a nationwide strike, in solidarity with a colleague who had been arrested for the same act. She was later released, arrested again and sentenced t...

UPDATE: On November 12, the lower house of parliament (the Mazhilis) adopted the amendments introducing a ban on propaganda of so-called “non-traditional sexual relations”. The bill will be considered...

While the summit presents a vital opportunity to strengthen economic ties and enhance regional security, the meeting should not overlook persistent human rights violations across Central Asia and a recent backsliding in rights in the region. The U.S. administration should seize the opportunity to establish closer ties and deeper integration with the Central Asian countries, […]

Økt press mot sivilsamfunnet i Russland, Sør-Kaukasus, Sentral-Asia og andre europeiske land bør medføre økt støtte til demokrati og menneskerettigheter i disse områdene som er svært utsatt for russis...

(In Turkish below) The draft of the 11th Judicial Package was shared with the members of the press last week and is expected to be submitted to Parliament in the coming days. Under the heading “Obscen...

As a EUR 140 billion loan to Ukraine is on the table, a portion must be assigned for victims of gross human rights violations.

The NHC congratulates María Corina Machado, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work for democratic rights for the people of Venezuela. ‘María is a shining example of a woman fighting for a peaceful...

A new report by The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and the Ligue des droits de l’Homme (LDH) details an alarming deterioration of public freedoms in France. Often...

Reliable sources indicate that the United States (US) plans to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution in the coming weeks. This follows a series of designations, first again...

Against the backdrop of Russia’s ongoing full-scale war against Ukraine, we explore the challenges and responsibilities of journalism in times of conflict, as experienced both by journalists in Ukrain...

Karabay, who has previously worked as an editor and reporter for news portals outlets such as Gerçek Gündem and 10Haber, has been held in pretrial detention for over 100 days and his indictment was pr...

On the morning of 27 August, the bank accounts of several prominent Georgian non-governmental organisations were frozen by court order. The Office of the Prosecutor asked for the measure as part of an...

People First! Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, human rights defenders, former political prisoners, appeal to President Trump before meeting Putin

Enes was arrested on August 5 in Ankara and is being held in pre-trial detention on charges of “publicly disseminating misleading information (article 217/A)” and “publicly denigrating the Turkish nat...

Statsledere på begge sider av jernteppet satte sine navn på et dokument i den finske hovedstaden 1. august 1975. Signaturene forplikter fortsatt.

Juni er her i all sin regnbueprakt, og som forventet krydres alle flater med hele spekteret av hat og støtteerklæringer til Norges skeive befolkning.

Turkmen civil activist and political prisoner Murat Dushemov did not return home after the end of his unjust four-year prison sentence on June 14, 2025. According to information from Turkmen.News, aut...

Alle pengene går til de som med livet som innsats samler bevis for krigsforbrytelser i Ukraina

We, the undersigned human rights organisations, are deeply alarmed by the renewed crackdown on Kloop, a leading independent Kyrgyzstani media platform known for investigating and reporting on corrupti...

An essential aspect of NHC’s extensive work in Ukraine is to support Ukrainian civilians who suffer from the war and its consequences. Civilians in Russian captivity form a particularly vulnerable gro...

The Trump administration has called for an end to the war in Ukraine. Various proposals for ceasefires and negotiations have been put forward. Yet the interests of the people who have suffered from th...

– I en utrygg verden minner jeg om sammenhengen mellom å slutte opp om menneskerettigheter og demokrati, og sikkerhet, slik Helsingforserklæringen slo fast for 50 år siden, sier Berit Lindeman, genera...

We often say that defending human rights is becoming steadily more difficult, that democracy is in decline worldwide, and that the situation is becoming darker by the day. Yet even under this heavy, d...