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UN International Day in support of Victims of Torture
On June 26, the human Rights House Tbilisi has dedicated several events to the UN International Day in support of Victims of Torture.
Restoring independence to the process of defending rights and the rule of law in Ukraine
The government of Ukraine needs to do more to bring local human rights defenders into the process of bringing peace and justice to their troubled, divided country, even if the International Criminal Court (ICC) is allowed to take on an extended role of its own there.
World Refugee Day
More than 30,000 refugees from Syria, currently staying in such countries as Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, need immediate help. Despite the unfolding humanitarian crisis, the Member States of the European Union, including Poland, are failing to adequately respond to the situation.
HFHR statement on respect for reporter’s privilege
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights wishes to express its deep concern over the media reports on the actions performed by the Internal Security Agency on 18 June 2014 at the offices of the Wprost weekly magazine.
Ales Bialiatski is suddenly released
In an unexpected move, President Alexander Lukashenko released the Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski. Ales Bialiatski called his wife and said that he was going to Minsk by train. He spent 2 years 10 months and 17 days in prison
Палітвязень Алесь Бяляцкі раптоўна вызвалены
Алесь Бяляцкі патэлефанаваў жонцы і паведаміў, што накіроўваецца ў Мінск на электрычцы. Ён правёў за кратамі 2 гады, 10 месяцаў і 17 дзён.
First hearing in case of prisoner transfers
District Court for the Warsaw’s Mokotów borough held the first hearing in the case of W.W., a convicted felon with a spine condition, who has repeatedly been transferred between the prisons where he was staying and the criminal courts. As a result of the transfers, his health has deteriorated. W.W. brought legal action against the State Treasury, represented by the Chief Commissioner of the Police and Director General of the Prison Service.
Civil trial starts in case brought by paedophile priest victim
Marcin K. has filed a lawsuit against Zbigniew R., the Kołobrzeg-Koszalin Diocese and St. Adalbert Roman Catholic Parish. He requests an apology in the national edition of the Gazeta Wyborcza daily newspaper and Newsweek magazine, and PLN 200,000 as compensation for moral damages caused by a priest’s sexual abuse. The first hearing in the case of Marcin K. was held in the Regional Court in Koszalin.
Two years without Barys Zvozskau
On 17 June it was 2 years since the untimely death of Barys Zvozskau, the prominent Belarusian human rights defender, who passed away after a serious and long illness.