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Cambodia deported twenty Uyghurs back to China
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is outraged, disgusted, and deeply saddened by Cambodia’s illegal, inhumane, and egregious forcible return to the People´s Republic of China of twenty Uyghurs who had sought refuge and protection in Cambodia. ‘They have no immigration papers, no visa’, explained the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, though refugees trying to save their lives are never supposed to have ones.
New Election Law of B&H possible threat for democracy
Human Rights House of Sarajevo calls NGO sector in B&H, particularly the Informal NGO Coalition for UPR, to react on proposal of ”zippered lists” for the Election Law of B&H, that represents threat to the democracy in B&H.
Congo villagers form ‘militia’ groups in response to LRA offensive
United Nations human rights teams are warning of increased weapon trafficking in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as armed villagers form units in response to killings, rapes and kidnappings carried out by the Lord’s Resistance Army.
Women candidates and general election year in BiH
Woman and Society Center recently conducted a study where they have analyzed the presence of women in political and public life, during the general election year 2010 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Eynulla Fatullayev sentenced to pre-trial detention
Yesterday, 31 December, the imprisoned Editor-in-chief of Gundelik Republic of Azerbaijan and Realniy Republic of Azerbaijan newspapers, Eynulla Fatullayev was sentenced to two months pre-trial detention.
Belarus 2009: standstill and dynamics simultaneously
For the Belarusian third sector 2009 was rich on events. Opposite in its ideological directions, authoritarian tendencies went hand in hand with a liberal thaw. Which one of these directions was most noticeable and influential on a general socio-economic field of the country?
2009 leaves one of worst records for targeted killings of journalists, says IFJ
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called for more action from governments and the United Nations to protect media as it announced a grim total of 137 journalists and media personnel killed during 2009. The number of targeted killings at 113 is one of the highest ever recorded says the IFJ
Violence and death, displacement and detention: Working life for Somali journalists
2009 has been a year of darkness, death, displacement, detention and violence against journalists and the entire media fraternity in the Republic of Somalia, according to the annual report unveiled today by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).
Wars and disputed elections: most dangerous stories for journalists
Two appalling events marked 2009: one was the largest ever massacre of journalists in a single day – a total of 30 killed –by the private militia of a governor in the southern Philippines and the other was an unprecedented wave of arrests and convictions of journalists and bloggers in Islamic Republic of Iran following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed reelection.