http://humanrightshouse.orgenHuman Rights House Foundationniels.jacob@humanrightshouse.org (Niels Jacob Harbitz)Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:18:39 GMTThu, 09 Sep 2010 20:35:52 GMTNoop 2.360http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15009&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15009.html&d=1WASHINGTON - A former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intelligence as a contractor, training CIA operatives after leaving the agency, The Associated Press has learned.Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:18:39 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15005&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15005.html&d=1The “International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan” launched a three-day freedom of expression mission to Azerbaijan on 7 September, during which ten international nongovernmental organisations will highlight their serious concerns regarding the freedom of expression situation in the country, which has been unfolding with little attention from the international media spotlight.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:03:02 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15004&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15004.html&d=1In the modern world young age is no longer a prerequisite for learning; it is a life-long process. Belarusian lawyers, participants of the International Law in Advocacy project, understand it more than anyone else. From 28 to 30 Augusts they gathered for their second study session in Vilnius.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:31 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15003&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15003.html&d=1In the days of 29-31 August 2010 the Netherlands Helsinki Committee organized a Second Regional Meeting of three rights organization from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. The meeting was dedicated to the evaluation of the “Strategic Litigation in the South Caucasus” project.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:08:58 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14976&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14976.html&d=1Aleh 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.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:09:58 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14980&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14980.html&d=1The 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.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:51:03 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14968&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14968.html&d=1Citizens 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.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:30:30 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14954&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14954.html&d=1Belarusian 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.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:28:23 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14952&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14952.html&d=1On 3 August, Iranian journalist Badressadat Mofidi, right, was sentenced to six years in prison by Branch 26 of Iran's Revolutionary Court. Mofidi was formerly the secretary-general of the Association of Iranian Journalists in Tehran, an organization that was established by prominent journalists in 1997 and shut down by the authorities in 2009.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:26:36 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14942&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14942.html&d=1Secretary 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.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:19:55 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14939&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14939.html&d=1Veteran radio journalist Barkhat Awale, right, was killed by crossfire on 24 August in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, according to local journalists and news reports. He is the second journalist killed on duty in Somalia this year. The security situation worsens in Mogadishu as a result of a major offensive launched on 23 August by the Islamist militia Al-Shabaab.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:16:02 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14910&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14910.html&d=1In an encouraging ruling last week, the Basmanny District Court in Moscow ordered that two suspects in the January 2009 double murder of Novaya Gazeta reporter Anastasiya Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov be kept in custody pending trial.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:12:31 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14905&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14905.html&d=1The government of Belarus is silencing voices for the proper investigation of political disappearances. Amid growing demands to address the issue, officials ban public events and arrest activists. Having been missing for more than 10 years, some political opponents of President Aliaksandr Lukashenka are still stirring up public activism in this country.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:06:05 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14904&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14904.html&d=1A British Sikh has been asked to take off his turban while going through security at the Warsaw Airport. According to his religion it is an insult to be made to take off the head covering. Therefore, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights filed a letter to the Boarder Guard Office claiming that the demand to remove turban during safety check should be considered an act of discrimination against one’s religious beliefs.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:51:01 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14991&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14991.html&d=1According to the Concluding Observations by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - CERD on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Roma people maintain to be the most vulnerable group in BiH, while issues such as discriminatory provisions of the Constitution of BiH, return of refugees and displaced persons, ethnic tensions and hate speech must be resolved as well.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:42:12 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14996&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14996.html&d=1In 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.Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:37:48 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14984&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14984.html&d=1Around 140 citizens of the city of Zagreb in Croatia, were recently arrested during the peaceful demonstration in Varsavska Street. These arrests and police interventions continuously happen ever since the protests have started, which represents cruel violations of the freedom to peaceful assembly. Many international and local civil society organizations strongly and continuously react to it.Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:47:10 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14973&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14973.html&d=1Rebiya Kadeer, the most well-known spokesperson for China’s ethnic Uyghur minority and the 2004 Rafto Prize laureate, has used her five years of freedom since her release from the Chinese prison in 2005 to raise the issue of the repression Uyghurs face and their struggle for human rights. She was recently banned from entering Taiwan for three years.Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:32:40 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14965&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14965.html&d=131 августа 2010 года в Москве прошла очередная акция в защиту Конституции. Московские власти уже в одиннадцатый раз подряд отказали организаторам в согласовании митинга на Триумфальной площади, поэтому акция как обычно проходила в несанкционированном формате.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:05:33 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14963&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14963.html&d=1Ровно два года назад Магомед Евлоев последний раз вернулся в Ингушетию. Летевший в одном самолете с тогдашним президентом республики Муратом Зязиковым и снятый по прибытии в ингушский аэропорт «Магас» прямо с трапа самолета министром МВД Мусой Медовым и его охраной, самый непримиримый борец с властью был жестоко и цинично убит.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:35:11 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14960&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14960.html&d=1Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:50:33 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14956&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14956.html&d=1European Commission appealed to EU Member States for prompt ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as the Convention’s Optional Protocol. In relation to the above, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights filled a letter to the Polish Prime Minister indicating that although Poland signed the Convention on 30 March 2007, it has not been ratified yet.Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:35:36 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14947&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14947.html&d=1Sonam 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.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:14:33 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14932&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14932.html&d=1Police 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.Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:30:46 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14928&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14928.html&d=1The National Press Club has announced the recipients of the 2010 John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award, which is given each year to individuals who have contributed to the cause of press freedom and open government. This year, the international recipient is Iranian blogger Kouhyar Goudarzi, who is being held in notorious Tehran's Evin Prison.Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:33:00 GMT