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Belarus: suspicious ‘suicide’ of human rights activist and Charter97 founder
Aleh Byabenin, right, one of Belarus’s leading journalists and human rights activists, and among the founders and leaders of charter97.org website, has found dead in his summer cottage not far from Minsk. Contrary to suggestions that Byabenin must have committed suicide, no suicide note was found and no other possible indicators suggest the same. 05 Sep 2010 »
The Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights partners with leading publisher
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, a civil society organization based in Warsaw, Poland and Wolters Kluwer Polska, the biggest publishing house in the field of law in Poland, have signed a contract to cooperate in areas such as publishing, marketing and training. 02 Sep 2010 »
Russian citizens continue to fight for the right to gather freely
Citizens have rallied in several Russian cities and abroad to demonstrate for the right to gather freely in the streets and to demand of the Russian government to grant its citizens their constitutional rights. 01 Sep 2010 »
Belarus: New iron curtain of Internet censorship
Belarusian Internet-providers are eagerly preparing for 1 September. From that day on they will have to filter illegal materials on by-net, the Belarusian segment of World Wide Web. Despite the criticism of international organisations and quite substantial financial losses this next step to increase the Internet censorship in Belarus is ready to be fully implemented. 01 Sep 2010 »
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 »
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