This article has been written and prepared for publication here by HRHF / Ralph Pluimert and Niels Jacob Harbitz.
The General Secretary of NHC, Bjørn Engesland, was in Bishkek this week to attend the court case. Engesland: “We are very happy and relieved about the outcome of this case. We hope this will mean that the process of registration will go faster and that we soon can re-open our office in Kyrgyzstan and start working again.”
On Thursday last week a letter was sent to the Kyrgyz Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Interior by a coalition of in total 24 organisations, all members of the Human Rights House Network to protest against the court case and the registration process.
The letter was signed by these organisations:
The Human Rights House in Moscow
(consisting of)
Human Rights Network Group
Independent Psychiatric Association of the Russian Federation
Moscow Center for Prison Reform
Moscow Helsinki Group
Mother’s Rights Foundation
Organization “Right to Life and Human Dignity”
Regional Organization “Non-violence International”
Regional Organization “Right of Child”
Social Partnership Foundation
Union of the Soldiers´ Mothers Committees of the Russian Federation
The Human Rights House in Warsawa
(consisting of)
Helsinki Committee in Poland
Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Young Journalists POLIS
Viridarium Group
The Association Initiative 33
The Human Rights House in Sarajevo
(consisting of)
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Foundation CURE
Youth Groups of West Balkan
Women and society center
Serb Civil Council
Renaissance
The Norwegian Burma Committee
The Rafto Foundation (Norway)
Human Rights House Foundation
