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Respect the dignity of Shirin Ebadi!
Members of the Norwegian Human Rights House urge the Iranian authorities to respect the dignity and work of the human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner 2003, Shirin Ebadi. We ask the authorities to return the confiscated award and put an end to all kind of repression against the highly respected human rights defender and her relatives.
Sahrawi activist: instead of toys, kids draw a policeman with a gun
To mark World Human Rights Day, Amnesty International spoke to three women who put their lives on the line in defence of human rights. Aminatou Haidar, right, Western Saharan human rights defender who has been on hunger strike since 15 November to protest her expulsion by the Moroccan authorities, was one of them.
UKRAINE: call for balanced and ethical reporting during elections
ARTICLE 19, together with International Media Support (IMS), urge private and publicly funded media in Ukraine to behave responsibly and to respect professional and ethical standards of journalism in the period leading up to and during the presidential elections scheduled for 17 January 2010.
Sudan leaders reach deal on disputed referendum
The two main parties in Sudan’s north and south agreed the terms of a controversial referendum on southern independence on Sunday, defusing a row that threatened a peace deal in the oil-producing nation. Right, a map of Sudan’s provinces, with what might become an independent southern Republic of the Sudan marked.
20th anniversary of Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights – photos
On 11 December 2009 the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights celebrated its 20 anniversary. The main ceremony took place on 11 December 2009 in Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. Our special guest was Ludmila Aleksiejeva, the head of Moscow Helsinki Group (honored this year Sacharov Prize).
The South Caucasus Network of HRD makes a special appeal on the International Day of Human Rights
On the 10th of December – the international day of human rights – the members of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders celebrate the progress achieved in their struggle for freedom, equality and justice.
HR defenders in Sudan violently arrested, harassed, and released
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has issued an urgent appeal on recent ill-treatment of Sudanese HR defenders, requesting urgent intervention from individuals and organisations.
Letter to High Representative Valentin Inzko
Yesterday, on International Human Rights Day, the Human Rights House of Sarajevo supported the letter of Democratization Policy Council addressed to High Representative Valentin Inzko, calling on him to impose the extension of international judges and prosecutors in the Court of BiH, whose terms expire on Dec 14th. A number of Peace Implementation Council (PIC) members are resistant to such a move, fearing the reaction of the Republika Srpska Premier Milorad Dodik.
IFJ welcomes prize awarded to NUSOJ
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today welcomed the French Republic’s liberty, equality, fraternity human rights prize awarded to its affiliate in the Republic of Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), by the Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme in France.