Oslo - The Norwegian Human Rights House
The Human Rights House in Oslo was opened in 1989 and was the first house in the Network. It currently hosts seven member organizations all working with various forms of human rights monitoring, reporting, advocacy and capacity building both nationally and internationally.
Human rights trends
Tymoshenko case: reflection of a wider problem
Beginning May 2010, a number of criminal cases were opened against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. On 11 October 2011 she was found guilty of abuse of power, and sentenced to seven years in jail. Norwegian Helsinki Committee considers her case to be politically motivated. 09 May 2012 »
Norwegian Helsinki Committee: Kyrgyz law on religion should be amended in transparent process
The 2009 Religion Law of Kyrgyzstan fails to comply with the Constitution and with international human rights standards, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee states. Moreover the law severely restricts religious freedoms, including imposing registration requirements that in effect ban registration of new religious communities other than the Orthodox Church and the Spiritual Board of Moslems. Authorities should take steps to initiate an open and inclusive process of revising the Bakiyev-era Religion Law. 01 May 2012 »
Kazakhstan: Prominent journalist stabbed and shot in suspicious circumstances
Lukpan Akhmedyarov, Uralskaya nedelya journalist, was attacked by a group of three men on the night of 19-20 April near the porch of his house. Akhmedyarov is known for his criticism of the government and his participation in protests. 24 Apr 2012 »
World Bank and Wall Street, stop grabbing our land!
The World Bank's policies for land privatisation and concentration have paved the way for corporations from Wall Street to Singapore to take over 80 million hectares of land from rural communities across the world in the past few years, says farmers' movement and its international allies in a collective statement released at the opening of the World Bank's Conference on Land and Poverty in Washington, D.C. 24 Apr 2012 »
International campaign: Don't play with the dictator!
International NGOs from Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland, including Norwegian Helsinki Committee, launched a joint campaign for the removal of the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship from Belarus due to the country’s poor human rights record. 17 Apr 2012 »
Norway - Oslo
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