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The European Court of Human Rights has entered judgments in the cases brought by applications of Al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah, allegedly detained and tortured in a CIA secret prison in Poland. The judges unanimously ruled that a number of human rights violations had occurred in the cases of both applicants, pointing to abuses of the prohibition of torture, the right to a fair trial or right to personal freedom and safety. The Court also criticised the Polish government for the lack of cooperation during the case which resulted in a breach of the Convention’s Article 38.

The participants of the Summer School on Human Rights, which is held every year in the Belarusian HRH, met Tamara Chikunova, who founded the “Mothers Against the Death Penalty and Torture” organization, after her only son was shot in Tashkent.

З удзельнікамі летняй школы па правах чалавека, што кожны год праходзіць у беларускім ДПЧ, сустрэлася Тамара Чыкунова, якая пасля таго, як у Ташкенце расстралялі яе адзінага сына, заснавала арганізацыю “Маці супраць смяротнага пакарання і катаванняў”.

“Over the last two years, there has been a visible improvement in the organisation of the cabinet stage of the legislative process”, reveals the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights report on the legislative process in Poland.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the call by the HFHR and other non-governmental organisations in which the NGOs requested the development of a voluntary resettlement programme for refugees from Syria. “We are aware of the tremendous humanitarian needs resulting from the conflict in Syria, and financially speaking the Polish involvement is rather insignificant”, reads the Ministry’s response.

On 16 July the presentation of the Commentary on the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Advocacy and advocatory activities” took place in Minsk. Belarusian lawyers, human rights defenders and civil society representatives took part in the presentation and the following discussion.

16 июля в Минске прошла презентация постатейного комментария к Закону Республики Беларусь “Об адвокатуре и адвокатской деятельности”. В презентации и последующей дискуссии приняли участие белорусские юристы, правозащитники и представители гражданского общества.

Last week, the District Court for Warszawa-Śródmieście made a judgment in which it held that termination of an employment contract of an employee on the ground that he attended the Equality March was illegal and discriminatory. The claimant, Ariel T., has been awarded compensation of PLN 2,500.

Bogusław Pyrak has been illegitimately detained on remand for more than 12 months. Last week, the Regional Court in Płock awarded him nearly PLN 145,000 in compensation for the financial and moral losses the man suffered due to his illegal detention.