E. Stanley Rensch (18 April 1940 – 10 November 2024) was a Surinamese human rights activist.
[1][2][3][4] Born in Ganzee on 18 April 1940, Rensch moved to the Netherlands in 1960, where he studied pedagogy in Utrecht.
After his studies, he returned to Suriname in 1973 and worked at the Ministry of Education and Community Development.
After the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état and the subsequent 1982 December murders, Rensch became an outspoken critic of the military regime led by Dési Bouterse.
With this organization, he documented human rights violations and offered support to victims and their families.