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International human rights organization Human Rights Watch issued report of 2010. The big part of it concerns Georgia. It is indicated that numerous human rights violations occurred in Georgia during 2010. Report also touches the process of IDP eviction and notes that the state evicted thousands of IDPs from the temporary residence places, often leaving them homeless and without adequate compensation or accommodated them in the remote regions in inadequate conditions; here is the report covering situation in Georgia. Georgian translation belongs to Human Rights Center.

The analytical review, prepared by the Committee of International Control over Human Rights Situation in the Republic of Belarus, has recently been presented and distributed to those concerned. The document is a survey depicting the authorities’ interference into activities of journalists in the Republic of Belarus.

The Royal Advisory Council for Human Rights (CCDH) of Morocco in a unique report confirms the killing of 352 “disappeared” Saharawis from 1958 to 1992. Out of these, over 200 died in military bases and secret detention centres, including children. Saharawis demand an international court to look into the case.

Партнёры Сеткі Дамоў правоў чалавека звярнуліся да замежных калегаў з просьбай аб прыцягненні ўвагі да фактаў умяшання Міністэрства юстыцыі Рэспублікі Беларусь у дзейнасць беларускіх адвакатаў і ціску з боку дзяржавы на органы адвакацкага самакіравання.

The Human Rights House Network’s Belarusian partners has addressed foreign Bar Associations to inform them about intimidation of lawyers in the Republic of Belarus. The Human Rights House Foundation has also called the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers for urgent action.

Norwegian authorities call on Norwegian companies not to invest in Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar), while Norway is complicit in grave human rights abuses through the state owned Pension Fund’s investments in controversial companies in the Burmese oil and gas sector, says the Norwegian Burma Committee.

English PEN condemns the arrests of prominent Iranian and Belarusian writers Nasrin Sotoudeh and Vladimir Neklyaev, detention of many Tunisian bloggers, imprisonment of Yemeni journalist and mourns the death of Chinese writer, poet and playwright Zhang Jianhong (aka Li Hong), who had died shortly after his release from the prison. Turkish writer and sociologist, Pinar Selek, if found guilty, faces up to 36 years in prison.

On 12 January 2011 the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights appealed to the Polish Prime Minister to condemn the new media law in Hungary. The Media Act which came into force on 1 January 2011 is a subject of serious doubts referring to its compliance with the standards of freedom of speech and guarantees of independent media.

We should talk about about the past, presence and future of the Polish National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution (Krajowa Szkoła Sądownictwa i Prokuratury, KSSiP). Why is it so important? Because all the problems we have encountered so far, all the flashpoints that have appeared should give an indication that the KSSiP deserves and needs robust reforms.