Tag: Human Rights

Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Photo courtesy: Council of Europe
Activities, Human Rights

Call for Nominations: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2025

Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Photo courtesy: Council of Europe
Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Photo courtesy: Council of Europe

Call for Nominations: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2025

The Prize, which will be awarded in October 2025 in Strasbourg, consists of a sum of €60,000, a trophy and a diploma.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has issued a call for nominations for the 2025 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.

The Prize, created in 2013, aims to reward outstanding civil society action in defending human rights in Europe and beyond. Candidates should have made a real difference to the human rights situation of a given group, been instrumental in uncovering large-scale systemic violations, or have successfully mobilised public opinion or the international community for a particular cause. read more

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Democracy, Human Rights

Call for Proposals: Europe Offers Grant to Civil Society Organizations

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Call for Proposals: Europe Offers Grant to Civil Society Organizations

The total budget of 120,000 euros will be divided into three separate grants.

The Council of Europe’s Democratic Institutions and Civil Society Division has launched a grant for non-governmental organizations (NGOs). It aims to foster democratic culture and strengthen the engagement of citizens in decision making in their countries, and to enhance the mutual engagement between the Council of Europe and civil society organizations.  read more

My house - 463, DPS Apts., Plot No. 16, Sector 4, Dwarka, Phase I, New Delhi 110 078 - being broken with lethal construction. Rakesh Raman
Human Rights

Why Is My House Being Broken in Delhi?

My house - 463, DPS Apts., Plot No. 16, Sector 4, Dwarka, Phase I, New Delhi 110 078 - being broken with lethal construction. Rakesh Raman
My house – 463, DPS Apts., Plot No. 16, Sector 4, Dwarka, Phase I, New Delhi 110 078 – being broken with lethal construction. Rakesh Raman

Why Is My House Being Broken in Delhi?

As I have been complaining against this criminal activity, I am receiving continuous threats including death threats from the criminals.

Friends, my name is Rakesh Raman. I am a journalist and live in Dwarka area of New Delhi. I have been facing extreme misery and numerous threats to drive me out of my home. 

I am a victim of increasing corruption, illegal construction, environmental crime, and human rights violations as a citywide scandal led by builders’ mafia in connivance with senior government officials is happening in Delhi.  read more