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In Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, the police arrested on 26 January 2013 around 40 demonstrators who protested against the rule of President Ilham Alijew and expressed support for residents of the city of Ismayilli, whose earlier protests had been brutally dispersed.

At its 64th session, the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) adopted decision, in which it found that the detention of Mr. Ales Bialiatski, President of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Viasna” and FIDH Vice-President, was arbitrary.

На сваёй 64-й сесіі Працоўная група па адвольных затрыманнях Арганізацыі Аб’яднаных Нацый (ААН) прыняла рашэнне, у якім яна прызнала, што затрыманне беларускага праваабаронцы Алеся Бяляцкага, прэзідэнта Праваабарончага цэнтру “Вясна” і віцэ-прэзідэнт FIDH, было адвольным.

On 27-29 November 2012 a group of 22 Belarusian alumni, students, organizers and experts of “International Law in Advocacy” program, implemented by Human Rights House Network, was on a study visit to Strasbourg.

The Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) was informed today by its partners that prominent human rights defenders were arrested in Baku, Azerbaijan, in connection with a protest held on Saturday 26 January 2013.

The requirements for candidates for judge’s assistants and court personnel do not match the reality. Furthermore, it follows from the HFHR report entitled the remuneration system for judge’s assistants and court personnel is unclear and inadequate, and is coupled with unsatisfactory perspectives for promotion and professional development.

The Court of Appeal in Łódź discontinued the case against the creator of the Antykomor.pl web portal with respect to the charges involving defamation of the President of Poland.

After the Parliamentary Election of October 1, 2012 people in Georgia already expected that several senior officials of the previous government would be placed behind bars. One of the main pre-election promises of winning political coalition Georgian Dream was to investigate corruption and torture crimes allegedly committed by former senior governmental officials and to hold them responsible for those crimes. A series of detainments started on November 6 with the detention of Bacho Akhalaia, the former minister of interior. After the Parliamentary Elections of October 2012, about 25 former senior officials were detained under various charges in Georgia.

З 27 па 29 лістапада 2012 г група беларускіх выпускнікоў, навучэнцаў, арганізатараў і экспертаў Праграмы Сеткі Дамоў Правоў Чалавека “Міжнароднае права для абароны грамадскіх інтарэсаў” у складзе 22 чалавек знаходзілася з навучальным візітам у Страсбургу.