http://humanrightshouse.orgenHuman Rights House Foundationniels.jacob@humanrightshouse.org (Niels Jacob Harbitz)Wed, 29 May 2013 09:51:26 GMTThu, 20 Jun 2013 10:43:58 GMTNoop 2.360http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19319&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19319.html&d=1The Voronezh city district administration has decided to cease the rental agreement with the Human Rights House Voronezh. This would effectively make the work of independent human rights organisations in Voronezh impossible, or at least extremely difficult.Wed, 29 May 2013 09:51:26 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19128&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19128.html&d=1Once again, Sunday 10 March in Baku, peaceful protestors were met with police violence. Last Sunday, families and relatives of soldiers killed at the army in non-conflict situations were violently dispersed and more than 50 people were detained. Earlier this year, on Saturday 26 January 2013, 47 people were arrested for peacefully protesting in Baku.Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:33:01 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19086&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19086.html&d=1The right to be a human rights defender has been reinforced by the resolution adopted by consensus at the Human Rights Council. The resolution focuses on legislation affecting, restricting and criminalising the work and activities of human rights defenders.Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:06:02 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19139&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19139.html&d=1States advocating traditional values in reality aim at raising their own cultural norms and particularities above international law and standards. Giving legal force to the concept of traditional values opens the door to a dangerous framework, where States and non-State actors can invoke this concept to justify human rights violations.Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:31:47 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18977&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18977.html&d=1Shortly before 16:00 local time (13:00 CET time) on Wednesday 19 December 2012 police officers and investigation officers entered the premises of the Human Rights House Voronezh to conduct a search in all its offices. The Human Rights House Network calls upon Russian authorities to return all confiscated materials and stop harassing and intimidating human rights defenders.Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:42:42 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18938&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18938.html&d=1On 6 December Kazbek Gekkiyev, a journalist on the local TV station, was murdered in the North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on his way home. His death coincided with the launch of the Speak Justice Campaign. Its aim is to break the terrible cycle of murder and impunity currently experienced by journalists around the world.Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:32:54 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18755&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18755.html&d=1On 29-30 September a regional HRHN conference "Freedom of Speech and Association: From Theory to Practice" was held in Moscow, Russian Federation. The conference was attended by lawyers, human rights defenders, journalists and experts from five countries - Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:36:53 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18487&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18487.html&d=1Three members of a feminist punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced this week to two years in prison for performing a song against President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral in February.Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:37:14 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18328&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18328.html&d=1A new Russian law would brand all foreign-funded organisations as foreign agents.Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:05:23 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18379&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18379.html&d=1Russia’s Parliament has recently passed a number of new bills aiming to restrict freedom of action of civil society and to silence critical voices. Last week the Russian State Duma adopted a new law which limits freedom of information on the Internet.Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:43:58 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18313&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18313.html&d=1“The Eurovision Song Contest ended in Baku but in Azerbaijan repression continues,” Human Rights House Foundation said at the United Nations Human Rights Council.Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:22:52 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18220&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18220.html&d=1On 15 June two Kazakh activists were arrested in Almaty. They are charged with incitement of social discord leading to the riots in Zhanaozen in December 2011. On 13 June five Russian journalists were detained in Moscow due to new regulations on demonstrations. They took part in a protest in support of a threatened colleague.Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:54:57 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18187&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18187.html&d=1This week both houses of the Russian parliament passed and Russia’s president signed a legislative amendment that dramatically increases fines for people found guilty of participating in unsanctioned rallies. This amendment seriously threatens the right to freedom of assembly in Russia.Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:41:22 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18143&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18143.html&d=1Russian radio journalist Sergei Aslanian was brutally attacked in Moscow near his apartment last week. The attack could be linked to the controversial statements he made about Prophet Muhammad.Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:54:35 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17857&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17857.html&d=1The research and information centre Memorial from Russia won the 2012 Index on Censorship Award. Azerbaijani journalist Idrak Abbasov won the journalism award, Bahrain Centre for Human Rights accepted the Advocacy Award, Freedom Fone by Kubatana won the Innovation Award, Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat accepted the Arts Award.Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:14:26 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17819&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17819.html&d=1The dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture at the Human Rights Council once again underlined that States have an obligation to combat torture and to take concrete acts to prevent ill-treatment and torture. , the Human Rights House Foundation expresses its concerns about torture in Armenia and Belarus.Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:32:54 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17815&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17815.html&d=1Human rights defenders work to promote and protect rights of all – their work should be promoted and they should to enjoy protection in their work. However, throughout the world, they face harsh repression and often work in an unfavourable environment.Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:07:49 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17762&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17762.html&d=1Human Rights House Foundation made a statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council on the human rights situations in Azerbaijan, Belarus and Russia, on 13 March 2012.Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:39:50 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17693&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17693.html&d=1Human Rights House Foundation is concerned about the violations of Internet freedoms in South Caucasus and Eastern Europe.Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:19:39 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17676&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17676.html&d=1Putin will not survive the next presidential term. He will off course win the upcoming elections, he is in reality the only candidate, but he will be replaced within two years. The Russian political elites will ensure this, together with the protesters in the streets. This was one of the conclusions of Nicolay Petrov, who participated at The Norwegian Helsinki Committee’s seminar Presidential Elections in Russia – a New Spring?, at the House of Literature in Oslo on 15 FebruaryMon, 27 Feb 2012 15:00:51 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17634&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17634.html&d=1Two weeks before Presidential election in Russia, board of directors of the independent radio station Ekho Moskvy was changed. This week the Moscow Prosecutor's Office announced that the online television station Dozhd TV was under investigation to determine who financed the channel's broadcasts of anti-Kremlin demonstrations. French journalist and author Anne Nivat expelled from the country for interviewing opposition.Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:26:33 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17606&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17606.html&d=1Russian authorities ordered to block the website of a public health organization, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation, for discussing the addiction medicine methadone. “Now, even our speaking about it seems to be banned”, says president of the foundation. Human rights organizations, including Article 19, interpret the move as an assault on freedom of expression.Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:47:40 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17397&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17397.html&d=1Human Rights House Foundation condemns the arrests of several hundred people demonstrated after the Duma election in Russia on the 4th of December and call upon Russian authorities to respect freedom of assembly.Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:40:59 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17374&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17374.html&d=1Just before midnight on 15 December – coincidentally national day for remembering killed Russian journalists – the founder of the independent weekly newspaper Chernovik, Khadimurad Kamalov, was shot dead in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan.Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:25:55 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17301&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17301.html&d=1According to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) as many as 8-10,000 defamation cases a year had been filed against journalists and media outlets for defamation in Russia. Recent amendments to Russia’s defamation legislation – including partial decriminalisation of libel and insult – will not improve the situation for the media in the country, says Article 19.Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:55:04 GMT