The Place of Journalism in the Struggle for Human Rights in Turkey.

Aslı Ceren Aslan will be speaking at Gothenburg Democracy Talk at 12:00 CET on 10 April, 2024.

You can watch the live stream of the presentation and the panel here: bit.ly/3xsq2W3

‘The Art of Living on Art’ Course: ICORN Residents Navigating Cultural Life in Sweden.

Full article: bit.ly/3THHsFH

'Never Again' by Farhad Babaei.

Originally published by the Slovakian magazine Kapitál.

Read the article in English here: icorn.org/article/never-…

Welcome to ICORN, Prague! 🎉

Prague became an ICORN City of Refuge on 12 March 2024.

bit.ly/3Tq9rtd

Congratulations to ADL Zavidovići on being awarded The Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award 👏

Today is #InternationalWomensDay .

Meryem Sultan, Hêlan Çiya and Atefe Asadi speak about freedom of expression’s role in achieving gender equality.

More: bit.ly/43aQK1g

Singer and musician Ghawgha | غَوغا is on The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service.

Listen to Ghawgha talk about working on her new album which is both profoundly personal and political:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h…

Aujourd’hui, rencontre avec les résidents d’ International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) aux côtés de Carine Rolland, Arnaud Ngatcha et avec le soutien de la @Citedesarts.

Les résidents d’ #ICORN incarnent la résilience face à l’oppression. Ces artistes persécutés pour la seule défense de la liberté d’expression…

Yusuf Suleiman is a musician and singer specialising in traditional Uyghur music.

He arrived in Piteå, Sweden as the city third ICORN resident.

Welcome, Yusuf!

More: bit.ly/3SZ3PGj

Writer, journalist, and women's rights activist Hêlan Çiya is the new ICORN resident in Malmö!

Welcome, Hêlan!

More information: bit.ly/3T0JrFT

Writer and former journalist Ersan Pekin is the new ICORN resident in Krakow.

Welcome to Krakow and ICORN, Ersan! 🎉

More information: bit.ly/3T00yrj.

Translator, writer and artist Mamon Zaidy at the opening of his exhibition in Gottsunda Kulturhus.

Zaidy is the current ICORN resident in Uppsala Sweden.

You can visit the exhibition until 18:00 on 16 February, 2024.

Congratulations to Abduweli Ayup on being awarded the Excellence in Community Linguistics Award! 👏

Abduweli Ayup has made 'continuous effort to maintain the intergenerational transmission of Uyghur language and culture.'

More: bit.ly/3ODDhsy

🚨 Call for Applications: Shelter City Netherlands

👉 for human rights defenders at risk.

🏁 deadline: 28 February 2024 at 23:59 CET.

Application and more information: sheltercity.org/shelter-city-n…

Wesam Almadani in interview with NRK.

'They fled from Hamas and social control: 'The darkest time of my life''.

The full article (in Norwegian): bit.ly/4brGWDA

Welcome to ICORN, Porsgrunn!

The Norwegian town of Porsgrunn joined ICORN on 23 January and became the 25th ICORN City of Refuge in Norway! 🎉

More information: bit.ly/3vPrn8G

Welcome to ICORN and Örebro, Sanaz!

Painter and illustrator Sanaz Hakimi is Örebro’s new ICORN resident.

bit.ly/3U52tvV

On 13 January 2024, ADL a Zavidovici was announced as the winner of the Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award for 2023.

More information: bit.ly/47AqZrM