http://humanrightshouse.orgenHuman Rights House Foundationniels.jacob@humanrightshouse.org (Niels Jacob Harbitz)Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:19:55 GMTThu, 09 Sep 2010 14:35:42 GMTNoop 2.360http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14942http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14942.htmlSecretary 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/14996http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14996.htmlIn 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/14947http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14947.htmlSonam 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/14932http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14932.htmlPolice 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/14900http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14900.htmlJunta-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.Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:16:52 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14884http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14884.htmlThe Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) is deeply concerned with continued reports of violence and ill-treatment during government operations in southern Kyrgyzstan. According to NHC, some government structures are still mistreating local inhabitants under the guise of weapons searches and ongoing operations following the deeply tragic June events.Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:16:01 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14864http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14864.htmlAs the Burmese authorities have announced the date of the national election for 7 November, the opposition has started its activity. The main aim of one of the opposition groups, young activists called Generation Wave (GW), is to urge the people of Burma to boycott the elections, given the undemocratic nature of the 2008 Constitution. They spread posters with a text “You have the right to not vote” and with a picture of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in the background.Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:44:33 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14856http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14856.htmlEuropean Union member states should publicly support the establishment of an international Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in September, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to EU foreign ministers on 11 August 2010.Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:14:32 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14839http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14839.htmlFootage of Runggye Adak, a Tibetan nomad now serving an eight-year prison sentence for peacefully denouncing Chinese policies in Tibet and calling for the return of the Dalai Lama, was released on 1 August 2010 as Tibetans and their supporters intensify the global campaign for his release. Four Tibetan activists were imprisoned on 30 July for pasting leaflets containing demands for Tibetan freedom and return of the Dalai Lama.Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:09:48 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14831http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14831.htmlThe chairman of the Union Democratic Party (UDP) in Burma has quit his post in protest at lack of reform of pre-election conditions. Despite that the party is not going to withdraw from the upcoming elections. Experts criticize the election process very much and say it is clearly designed to guarantee a pre-determined outcome.Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:29:10 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14786http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14786.htmlTimur Tskhovrebov, a civil rights activist in South Ossetia was attacked on July 24, 2010, allegedly by supporters of the de facto president of the breakaway region of Georgia, after he signed a joint appeal to negotiators in Geneva to prioritise the needs of the local population. Tskhovrebov was hospitalized with multiple injuries.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:17:37 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14775http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14775.htmlA court in northwest China has rejected an appeal from a Tibetan environmentalist Karma Samdrup who was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of grave robbing and dealing in looted antiquities, his lawyer said on 2 August 2010.Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:00:51 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14745http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14745.htmlMore trade with Burma will not help the people with the current regime, says democracy activist Khin Ohmar. – The only thing that can make the situation better in Burma is that the sanctions become more effective, says Ohmar to Ethical Trade Initiative Norway (ETI-Norway).Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:49:32 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14725http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14725.htmlA Chinese court in the western region of Xinjiang has given a Uyghur journalist and website manager 15 years in jail for “endangering state security” by speaking to foreign journalists, his employer said on 23 July. Uighurbiz.net, where Gheyret Niyaz worked as an administrator, posted a notice saying he had been sentenced at a hearing, quoting his wife who was in the court.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:25:34 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14698http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14698.html"What makes the imprisonment, torture and the punishment of 15 years for Karma Samdrup stand out of a tendency, is that he was not a human rights activist in the classic sense," - stated Norwegian Tibet Committee. Samdrup and his brothers were trying to protect Tibetan rivers providing water to more than 300 million people in China.Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:14:53 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14602http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14602.htmlThe Azerbaijani authorities ignore pressure from the international community. Most recently, few days after the visit to Azerbaijan of United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the editor Eynulla Fatullaeyv has been sentenced to 2,5 years imprisonment despite appeals from the United Nations and the Council of Europe.Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:55:37 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14663http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14663.htmlThe report “Broken Promises: Freedom of Religion or Belief issues in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan”, prepared by five human rights organizations, was launched during a side event at the Organization’s for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Tolerance in Astana on 30 June.Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:36:32 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14560http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14560.htmlNorwegian Helsinki Committee presents new report “Broken promises: freedom of religion or belief issues in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan”. The report details freedom of religion or belief issues and presents recommendations in order to bring the countries in line with relevant international human rights standards.Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:09:57 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14627http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14627.htmlOrganisation Freedom House released “Worst of the Worst 2010: The World’s Most Repressive Societies”, its annual report identifying the world’s twenty most flagrant human rights abusers. In these twenty countries, which include North Korea, Burma, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tibet, citizens’ most basic rights are denied and any attempts to oppose these regimes often result in torture, imprisonment and sometimes death.Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:58:43 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14590http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14590.htmlYurii Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev are charged with "inciting hatred or enmity" and "denigration of human dignity" for organizing a contemporary art exhibition at the Sakharov Museum in Moscow in 2007 and are facing three years’ imprisonment.Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:50:36 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14540http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14540.htmlA Chinese court in the western region of Xinjiang has sentenced on 25 June 2010 a leading Tibetan collector of antiquities, environmentalist, founder of the award-winning Three Rivers Environmental Protection group, Karma Samdup to 15 years in jail for robbing graves.Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:50:57 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14504http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14504.htmlObservers from The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and Human Rights Center Memorial arrived on 21 June 2010 in Nariman village in the Kara-Suu region of Osh province immediately after the end of a special operation to search for weapons in the homes of local residents. Two local residents were killed and at least twenty injured during the operation.Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:16:55 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14491http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14491.htmlThe Rohingya minority group in Western Burma has been victim of human rights violations amounting to crimes against humanity, according to a report “Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas”. the Rohingya are one of the world's most persecuted and forgotten people.Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:05:34 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14448http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14448.htmlThe widespread violence in southern Kyrgyzstan – with hundreds killed and tens of thousands fleeing – highlights the need for more international involvement in the country. Western countries’ lack of interest in and understanding of the desperate situation democratic forces in Kyrgyzstan have found themselves in for a number of years have allowed cynical politicians to act in their private interest and instigate unrest.Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:00:58 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14421http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14421.htmlAccording to Human Rights Watch, two Tibetan environmentalists, Jigme Namgyal and Rinchen Samdrup, have been in detention in Tibet since August 2009. Karma Samdrup, a prominent Tibetan environmental philanthropist, one of China’s leading collectors of Tibetan art, and founder of the award-winning Three Rivers Environmental Protection group, was seeking his brothers’ release and was himself arrested on January 3, 2010.Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:21:13 GMT