Human rights trends from Western Europe
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 »
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 »
Article 19 condemns violence in Tunisia and calls for lifting of the ban on protests
ARTICLE 19 calls for lifting of the blanket ban on all protests on the Habib Bourguiba Avenue of the Tunisian capital and for investigation into the heavy-handed tactics used by Tunisian security forces to disperse thousands of protestors – including journalists, unionist and civil society representatives – that were commemorating Martyrs’ Day on the Avenue on 9 April 2012. 17 Apr 2012 »
Dozens of European organizations call to protect the ECHR and human rights in Europe
In 2011, more than 60,000 people sought help in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after exhausting all judicial remedies before national courts. Now some EU member states propose reforms of this institution because of a huge number of applications. Dozens of European organizations see these efforts as a threat and call to refrain from further reforms of the ECHR. 13 Apr 2012 »
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