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Neurology Institute – one of the most significant medical institutions in the Soviet Union was located in the high building in Gudamakari Street in Tbilisi since 1980s. After socially indigent families settled in the building, its profile changed and the state assigned it on the new inhabitants. Most of the socially indigent families registered the spaces in the former building of the Neurology Institute. JSC Telasi [Tbilisi Electricity Distribution Company] imposed the bill arrears of the Neurology Institute on the families; the company demands them to pay 87 lari for one square meter.

Старшыні міжнароднай праваабарончай арганізацыі Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights Ларсу Бюнгеру адмоўлена ў беларускай візе. Гэта чацвертая адмова ў беларускай візе праваабаронцу, чыя арганізацыя апошнія чатыры гады ладзіць кампанію за вызваленне палітычных вязняў Беларусі. Папярэднія адмовы былі ў 2010, 2011 і 2013 гадах.

Center for Civil Liberties has been awarded the Norwegian Lindebrække prize for democracy and human rights.
“It is important to support and honour those who took part in Ukraine’s democracy movement. Those who worked day and night, speaking up for a democratic development in Ukraine – and later investigating the crimes that took place at Maidan. This year’s recipient of Sjur Lindebrække Prize for Human Rights of Democracy is such a voice.” said the chairman of the jury and former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Norway, Jan Petersen.

Intigam Aliyev, prominent human rights lawyer from Azerbaijan, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. In addition he is deprived of the right to hold an official post for three years after end prison sentence. In a joint letter to President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, HRHN members expressed their dismay and call for his release.

60 independent human rights organisations in the Human Rights House Network call upon Belarusian authorities to stop the prosecution of the human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka, and to investigate the threats made against him and his family.

On 16 April the documentary film “The Gang”, telling about the disappeared Belarusian politicians and journalists, was screened in Vilnius. The screening was followed by the discussion with the film’s producer and well-known Belarusian human rights defender Ms. Raisa Mikhailovskaya. The presentation was organized by the Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House, Freedom House and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Lithuania.

Sarvar Safarov’s historical surname is Lazishvili. He is a descendent of the Muslim Meskhs that were exiled from Georgia and after the law on repatriation was adopted in Georgia. He returned back to his homeland from Azerbaijan in May 2008. Sarvar Safarov settled in Akhaltsikhe, purchased a house with his own money and also brought his family there. Despite all that the Safarovs could so far not get a Georgian citizenship. They cannot properly integrate into the local society. “We could not get a citizenship and our children cannot get education in Georgia; if any of us have health problems, it is also a problem; pregnancy is a problem, job is a problem. Unless you have a Georgian citizenship, you will face many problems,” Sarvar Safarov told a representative of the Human Rights House Tbilisi. Like him, many repatriates in Georgia have problems of reintegration.

“A very effective tool to discriminate on freedom of association and assembly is the access to foreign funding. The States in the OSCE region that restrict access to funding the most for the not-for-profit sector are paradoxically also often those that enjoy most foreign funding for them selves or for business investments.” said Maria Dahle, Executive Director of the Human Rights House Foundation in a speech to Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

16 красавіка ў Вільні прайшоў паказ дакументальнага фільма “Банда”, які распавядае пра зніклых беларускіх палітыкаў і журналістаў. У межах презентацыі была арганізаваная дыскусія з прадзюсарам фільма і вядомай беларускай праваабаронцай Раісай Міхайлоўскай. Арганізатарамі прагляду выступілі Беларускі дом правоў чалавека, Freedom House і пасольства Чэхіі ў Літве.