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Norway - Oslo

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.

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Image: National General Meeting of Tibetan delegates Copyright: tibet.no

Tibetan delegates gathered in India for the first National meeting

In the Indian city Dharamshala his Holiness the Dalai Lama addressed on 30 August 2010 the delegates of the first National General Meeting, underlining the need for unity and a robust democratic administration in exile to keep alive the hopes and aspirations of Tibetans living inside Tibet. 05 Sep 2010 »

Image: Sonam Dhondup and Sonam Rinchen Copyright: phayul.com

Four Tibetan student magazine editors arrested, two of them sentenced

Sonam Rinchen and Sonam Dhondup, two students who helped to edit the Tibetan student magazine “Namchak”, have been sentenced to two years in jail. Two other editors of the magazine, who were arrested at the same time as them in March, are still awaiting trial. 31 Aug 2010 »

Image: Yevgeniy Zhovtis Copyright: gdb.rferl.org

Kazakhstani HR defender receives the 2010 Sakharov Award

Secretary General of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Bjørn Engesland, presented on 27 August 2010 the award to Evgeniy Zhovtis, right, in the prison in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, where Mr. Zhovtis is currently being held. Together with his organization, the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Evgeny Zhovtis has been one of the most significant human rights defenders in Kazakhstan for two decades. 30 Aug 2010 »

Image: Palyul, China, map Copyright: rfa.org

Tibet: 4 mine protesters killed, 30 wounded

Police in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on 17 August responded with lethal force to a group of Tibetans protesting the expansion of a gold mining operation they say is harming the environment, according to Tibetan sources. At least four Tibetans may have been killed in a standoff with police. 29 Aug 2010 »

Image: NLD vice-chairman Tin Oo Copyright: Mizzima.com

Burma: no visas for foreigners before election, NLD announces boycott

Junta-ruled Burma has suspended visas on arrival for tourists from September ahead of its first elections in two decades, officials said on 23 August 2010, potentially restricting access to the country for foreign observers. Meanwhile Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy announced on 20 August an official boycott of the election. 24 Aug 2010 »

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