Category: Human Rights

Photo: Alexei Navalny / Instagram
Human Rights

RMN Foundation Urges Russia to Release Jailed Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny

Photo: Alexei Navalny / Instagram
Photo: Alexei Navalny / Instagram

RMN Foundation Urges Russia to Release Jailed Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny

As Navalny is perhaps the only leader who can challenge Putin’s attempt to rule forever, it is believed that the Russian regime is trying to kill him slowly in jail.

The humanitarian organization RMN Foundation is expressing its deep concern at the continuing arbitrary imprisonment of Alexei Navalny in Russia.

Kremlin critic Navalny, 46, is a fierce political opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was arrested in Moscow by the Russian authorities on 17 January 2021 immediately after his return from Germany where he was recovering from a failed poisoning attempt. read more

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré (file photo)
Human Rights

UN Appeal to Protect Human Rights in Punjab

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré (file photo)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré (file photo)

UN Appeal to Protect Human Rights in Punjab

During the past few days, the police and security forces have arrested and imprisoned hundreds of Sikhs arbitrarily without giving them the opportunity to defend themselves. I sent the following petition to the UN office and some other international authorities.

To                                                                                                                                                     March 24, 2023 read more

Democratic forces in Belarus have been protesting the brutal regime since August 2020. Photo: European Parliament
Human Rights

RMN Foundation Appeals for the Release of Political Prisoners in Belarus

Democratic forces in Belarus have been protesting the brutal regime since August 2020. Photo: European Parliament
Democratic forces in Belarus have been protesting the brutal regime since August 2020. Photo: European Parliament

RMN Foundation Appeals for the Release of Political Prisoners in Belarus

As the attacks on human rights activists continue to escalate in Belarus, hundreds of political prisoners have been languishing in jails. RMN Foundation appeals to the despotic Belarusian regime to release all political prisoners immediately.

The Human Rights Center “Viasna” reports that by the end of 2022, there were 1,446 political prisoners in Belarus while 889 people were recognized as political prisoners.

Viasna is a non-governmental human rights organization, formed in 1996 during mass protest actions of the democratic opposition in Belarus. In 2022, according to Viasna,  arrests, torture, and criminal proceedings on political grounds against Belarusian activists continued.  read more