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Das Erbe der Zwangsarbeit in der kommunistischen DDR

Das Erbe der Zwangsarbeit in der kommunistischen DDR

Ikea, der schwedische Möbelriese, bekannt für seine Flachpack-Designs und modernen Haushaltswaren, hat 6 Millionen Euro zugesagt, um ehemalige politische Gefangene aus dem kommunistischen Ostdeutschland zu entschädigen. Diese Personen waren in…

DIDE statement on Enforced Disappearances in UAE.

The notorious UAE state security forces have committed crimes of enforced disappearance over years of repression and persecution of anyone who tries to oppose the ruling regime or express their…

The Ukraine war has sparked hate crimes in Germany.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, there have been stories of individuals focusing their rage against Russians, Belarussians, and Ukrainians residing in their own towns. Incidents involving Russians or…

Taliban confirms gender-based persecution in Afghanistan

While the Ministry of Education had stated that all schools, including girls’ high schools, would re-open on March 23, 2022, yesterday’s decision comes as no surprise given the Taliban’s ideology…

Torture Patterns in the United Arab Emirates

The UAE94, a group of human rights defenders (HRDs), attorneys, judges, teachers, professors, and students who peacefully pushed for political reform, were arrested and detained 10 years ago. Their enforced…

A Dreadful Week for Human Rights in the United Kingdom

To say the UK government has been busy in the last week would be a classic British understatement. It rammed four distinct pieces of legislation through parliament that will seriously…

DIDE’s statement on the the mistreatment of refugees in Denmark.

The Danish Immigration Service allegedly ordered Denmark’s 98 towns to examine their capacity to accept Ukrainian migrants shortly after Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine. This same organization recently begun depriving…

Migrants and Asylum Seekers Arrested in Ukraine

Scores of migrants who had been unlawfully detained in Ukraine remain imprisoned and are at increased risk as a result of the hostilities, including military activities in the area. Ukrainian…

DIDE: Respect prisoners of war.

Human Rights Watch said that Ukrainian authorities should cease releasing footage of arrested Russian troops on social media and messaging applications that draw public attention to them, particularly those that…

DIDE statement on Navalny’s conviction of fraud

On Tuesday, a Russian court convicted jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty of large-scale fraud, presumably extending the time President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent adversary spends in prison by years.…

DIDE statement on KSA’s execution of 81 Saudis

Human Rights Watch reported today that Saudi authorities’ execution of 81 individuals on March 12, 2022, was the country’s greatest mass execution in years, despite recent commitments to reduce its…

DIDE’s STATEMENT ON RUSSIA’S MILITARY INVASION OF UKRAINE

The German Institute for Democracy and Developement strongly opposes Russia’s deliberate and unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine.  We strongly condemn the Russian violence in Ukraine and Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s…