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14 лютага пры правядзенні традыцыйнай акцыі, прысвечанай да дня закаханых, у Мінску было затрымана ад 20 да 30 чалавек, а сама акцыя – жорстка разагнаная. Такім чынам, актывістам моладзевай арганізацыі “Малады фронт” давялося святкаваць Дзень святога Валянціна ў аддзяленнях міліцыі.

At 03.30 AM last Thursday in Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, around 100 riot police officers arrested 23 activists from “Green Action” and “Right to the City”. The raid took place just hours after 4000 people turned out in snowy conditions to protest against turning part of the pedestrian zone into a ramp for an underground garage planned as part of the Floral Square (Cvjetni trg) and as part of luxury flat complexes that are developing in the old part of Zagreb.

This week Belarusian State University was accepted into the European University Association. It happened despite systematic violations of academic freedoms and regular instances of politically motivated student expulsions in this institution of higher education.

Eight months after the end of joint military operations by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Republic of Uganda, many parts of Orientale Province, in northeastern DRC, are still in turmoil, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Attacks on civilians by Ugandan rebels and local militias have left 340,000 people displaced, and 30,000 refugees have fled to Republic of the Sudan.

Kenya’s would-be first gay wedding was violently stopped by protesting youths and police on Friday at Mtwapa near Mombasa, hours before it was due to take place.

A coalition of leading international journalists´, writers´, and publishers´ organisations on 11 February launched a campaign to press the government of Islamic Republic of Iran to release their colleagues imprisoned in the wake of last year´s disputed presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Freedom of association is only a statement on the paper in the Republic of Belarus. Despite the authorities’ promises the infamous article 193.1 of the Criminal Code still can pave a road to 2 year prison term for activities of unregistered organization. Also membership in any registered NGO is risky enough as well and it could lead to losing a job as it happened to members of the Union of Belarusian Writers.

The small town of Mtwapa in the coastal town of Kilifi may make history if it hosts Kenya’s first gay wedding planned for Friday. Two men are said to have announced the wedding, to be held at a hotel. News of the nuptials is an open secret in the fast-growing town, famous for its vibrant night life. Some gay couples from Western countries are among dozens of guests expected to witness the marriage. News of the wedding has rattled religious leaders — both Muslim and Christian — who have united in their vow to stop it “at all costs”.

If the African Peer Review Mechanism is not to degenerate into meaninglessness, writes L. Muthoni Wanyeki, Africa’s governments, regional councils and citizens will need to revitalise its progress. The coverage of the recent African Union (AU) summit focused, unsurprisingly, on whether Libya’s Muammar al-Gaddafi would retain the chair.