The International Observatory of Human Rights partnered with the Greater London Authority to bring together more than twenty-five business leaders, public sector policy makers, refugees and non-governmental organisations to discuss how to include more refugees in the UK workplace. Spearheaded by Nicola Marvin, Senior Project Officer for Resettlement of Syrian Refugees at the GLA and Valerie Peay, the Director of IOHR, the event invoked new ideas and pathways to highlight … Read more →
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IOHR partners with Sponsor Refugees for Community Sponsorship Awards
The International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) has partnered with Sponsor Refugees, a branch of Citizens UK, to celebrate and expand community sponsorship of refugees in the UK. Sponsor Refugees has announced that IOHR will be the official sponsor of the Community Sponsorship Awards, which will take place on October 2nd 2018. The partnership will expand on IOHR’s #BeARefugeeSponsor campaign, which aims to emulate the long-running Canadian model for community … Read more →
IOHR Organises Event in Sweden with Turkish Journalists in Exile on World Press Freedom Day
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 and media professionals in Turkey – considered one of the biggest jailers of journalists worldwide. Among the … Read more →
IOHR Organises Event in Sweden with Turkish Journalists in Exile on World Press Freedom Day
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 and media professionals in Turkey – considered one of the biggest jailers of journalists worldwide. … Read more →
IOHR Launches the International Initiative on the Prevention and Countering of Radicalisation and Extremism
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 International Initiative on the Prevention and Countering of Radicalism and Extremism. The speakers presented their … Read more →
Families of dual-national Iranian Prisoners call for Justice in UK Parliament
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 Nazanin Ratcliffe, marking a stark increase in the country’s political detainees. Leading researchers and human … Read more →