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Freedom Team Interview

Freedom Team Interview: Friedrich Otto Neumann in Focus

Meet our intern Otto Neumann, who was part of the FNF East and Southeast Europe Team for three months.

Víctor Navarro
Latin America
Angelo Bardini

Human Rights in Venezuela: Who is Víctor Navarro?

Victor Navarro is one of the millions of Venezuelans exiled from their country by the regime of Nicolás Maduro. He became a human rights activist after surviving "El Helicoide." He exiled to Buenos Aires and through technology allows us to enter and feel what today political prisoners of the regime are living inside the largest torture center in Latin America.

View of ruined houses in the old town centre of Antakya. Numerous houses in the centre of the city were destroyed or severely damaged in the earthquake a year ago.
Türkiye
Beate Apelt Yigit Göktug Torun

One year after the earthquake: "People need hope in such disasters"

On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.5 shook south-eastern Türkiye and northern Syria. According to official figures, 53,537 people lost their lives in Türkiye, many more are missing and more than 500,000 homes were destroyed. Many people in the region continue to live in a state of emergency. At the same time, local elections are just around the corner in the earthquake region and people are waiting for answers to many questions.

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ECOWAS
Alexandra Heldt

Russian advance in Africa?

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso want to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The West African economic community has "deviated from the ideals of its founding fathers and the spirit of Pan-Africanism," according to a joint statement from the three states governed by military juntas. Alexandra Heldt, Project Director for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in West Africa, explains what the withdrawal means for the region and for Europe.

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women to women

A Burmese Woman Who Wants to Make Burmese Traditional Pastries World-Famous

"It needs to be innovative. Currently, as I'm learning more, I plan to work extensively on making it sustainable and beneficial for humanity. I'm going to expand into more training centers for Burmese traditional sweets. Everyone should know about Burmese sweets, and every Burmese woman should be able to make them. That's the plan I've started in 2023 and aim to launch by 2024."

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women to women

The Founder of Myanmar's first yoga school, female Yoga Instructor Thuzar

The primary goal of establishing this school was precisely that - to share knowledge. The Yoga asanas we currently practice at our school are just the tip of the iceberg; there's much more knowledge out there that I want to make known. Hence, after establishing the school, we focus on sharing knowledge with the students and provide both knowledge and practice comprehensively.

Anastasia Shevchenko
Human Rights

Interview with Prisoner of Conscience: Anastasia Shevchenko

Discover the story of Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko who spent two years under house arrest after being found guilty of her alleged involvement with Open Russia Movement, a pro-democracy NGO.

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Human Rights

Interview with Freed Prisoner of Conscience: Nedim Türfent

Read the interview with the released prisoner Nedim Türfent. The Kurdish journalist, poet, and writer spent more than six years in a Turkish jail for “membership in a terrorist organization” after being arrested in 2016.

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On Repeat

Individual Freedoms

Watch the last episode of the "On Repeat" web show with lawyer and human rights activist Diala Shehadeh in an interview about the violations of freedom of expression that occurred against media professionals, activists, and comedians during this year, interviewed by Carl Haddad.

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On Repeat

Water Crisis and Environment

Watch the new episode of the “On Repeat" web show with the founder of the Terre Liban movement and environmental activist Paul Abi Rashed.

In this episode, we discuss the issue of water and random dams, during which we present solutions that successive stakeholders have been unable to find for this issue.

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