Announcements
PoC Global Report
As we mark our 60th anniversary as a human rights and relief from poverty charity, we report on the state of human rights in those countries in which we are currently particularly active
Announcements
Prisoners of Conscience 60th Anniversary – Supporting People who Defend Human Rights
This is a special year for PoC, as it marks our 60th Anniversary. But the fact that we still need to exist is not something to celebrate. If the people that need our support can’t celebrate, then neither can we.
Appeals
Prisoners of Conscience Summer Big Give – 29 June to 11 July
Many of the people we work with live on the margins of society and right now, they need your help. As well as coping with the repercussions of standing up for their human rights, so many of them are contacting us, telling us they’re struggling to survive the cost-of-living crisis.
Announcements
The changing look of Prisoners of Conscience
The people we support and their struggle to stand up for their human rights is always our focus. However, from time to time we need to reflect on how we communicate our work to existing and new audiences, and, in an increasingly digital world, a crucially important part of this is our visual identity.
Bursaries
International Migrants Day
This International Migrants Day we recognise and celebrate the contributions of refugees and migrants to the UK society. Alazar, an engineer and activist from Eritrea, was forced to leave his home country and flee to the UK simply for doing the right thing: standing up to injustice.
Opinion
Zimbabwe’s Authoritarian Consolidation: Criminalizing Free Thought and Expression
By: Thulani Mswelanto, a PoC beneficiary and human rights defender in Zimbabwe. He writes in his personal capacity.
Appeals
Human rights for one is human rights for all
Prisoners of Conscience teams up with the Big Give Christmas Challenge to double the impact of donations made between 30 November and 7 December 2021.
Bursaries
A Judge’s Story
When a wife and mother decided to flee her troubled homeland and the prospect of years in jail, she started a journey which would change her family’s life.
Appeals
Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan
Escalating crisis in Afghanistan poses a serious threat to human rights. We support people who have exercised an act of conscience to uphold their and others’ human rights.
Family reunion
Reunited. And It’s Thanks To You.
Imagine the joy Sam felt the day he greeted his wife and two children at the airport. It was the first time he saw them in just over a year-and-a-half.