Letters of Concern by right to be a human rights defender
Stop further restrictions to the right to freedom of association in Azerbaijan
Members and partners of the Human Rights House Network and the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders condemn further restrictions to the right to freedom of association in Azerbaijan, especially affecting the work and activities of human rights defenders, and call for the end of harassment of human rights organisations. 05 Mar 2013 »
Call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defenders
Call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defenders, journalists and activists detained in relation to the peaceful protest held in Baku on Saturday 26 January 2013. 05 Feb 2013 »
Iryna Khalip: I was threatened, beaten and detained for my reporting
On 2 April 1997, while covering a protest against the proposed reunification of Belarus with Russia, a Belarusian journalist Iryna Khalip witnessed her father, a documentary filmmaker, get beaten unconscious. She herself was clubbed by riot police. That incident only galvanized her to continue to expose corruption in Belarus, especially as a journalist for the Minsk bureau of the investigative paper Novaya Gazeta (the paper of slain reporter Anna Politkovskaya). 09 Nov 2012 »
Azerbaijan: NHC concerned over reported restrictions at the Internet Governance Forum
Norwegian Helsinki Committee is concerned with the reports that a conference aiming at discussing freedom of the internet allows restrictions on contributions from civil society – input that would contribute to a more open and relevant discussion, says Bjørn Engesland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee. 09 Nov 2012 »
Call for release of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski
Call for the immediate release and dropping of the charges against human rights defender Ales Bialiatski and discontinuation of harassment and degrading treatment against him whilst in prison. 03 Oct 2012 »
Concern about torture and ill treatment in Georgian prisons
Members and partners of Human Rights House Network are very concerned about footage of torture and ill treatment in Georgian prisons. 26 Sep 2012 »
Special statement of NGOs on torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners in Georgia
Nongovernmental organizations condemn practice of torture and inhuman treatment in penitentiary system, request prompt investigation of the facts and to raise criminal and political responsibilities of perpetrators. 19 Sep 2012 »
End legal proceedings against lawyer Intigam Aliyev
Members and partners of the Human Rights House Network and the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders call upon the President of the Republic of Turkey to ensure that all charges against Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev are immediately and unconditionally dropped and compensation for the acts of ill-treatment he suffered in Ataturk Airport provided. 26 Jul 2012 »
International NGOs express concern over violent agrarian conflict in Honduras
We, the international organizations signing below, would like to express our severe indignation regarding the three most recent murders of peasants in the context of the agrarian conflict in Bajo Aguán. 26 Jul 2012 »
Call for immediate and unconditional release for Aleh Volchak
Urgent call for immediate and unconditional release and for lifting the ungrounded travel ban of Belarusian human rights defender Aleh Volchak 31 May 2012 »
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