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16 лістапада папярэдзілі рэдакцыю «Нашай Нівы», а таксама рэдакцыю і заснавальніка газеты «Ва-банкъ», а 17 лістапада — рэдакцыі «Народнай волі» і «Комсомольской правды» в Белоруссии». Папярэджанні вынесеныя «ў сувязі з парушэннямі ў публікацыях шэрагу друкаваных СМІ патрабаванняў закона „Аб СМІ“».

The field research report on perception of children’s rights, discrimination and children’s exposure to violence was presented in Skopje on November 19th. The event was organized on occasion of World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse (November 19) and the World Children’s Day (November 20), the day on which, 20 years ago, the Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Those wishing to marry partners of the same sex still have to seek countries where such marriages are allowed, before they can tie the knot. Same sex marriages will not be allowed if proposals in the harmonised draft constitution become law.

The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN is seriously concerned for the health of two detained writers in Vietnam, Tran Khai Thanh Thuy and Nguyen Van Ly. International PEN seeks immediate assurances of their well being, urges that they be given full access to all necessary medical care and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of writers on humanitarian grounds.

Do human rights get sufficient coverage in the Belarusian mass-media? Do human rights defenders know how to make journalists interested in HR work? These and other themes were discussed at the seminar-dialogue “Professional journalism and human rights,” which took place in Vilnius HRH on 13-15 November.

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in the strongest possible terms the targeted shooting of two Somali journalists working for international news media organizations in Galkayo and Mogadishu.

Ці дастаткова ўвагі надаецца тэматыцы правоў чалавека ў беларускіх СМІ? Ці праваабаронцы ўмеюць зацікаўліваць журналістаў у пладах сваёй працы? Пра гэтыя і іншыя тэмы вялося на семінары-дыялогу “Прафесійная журналістыка і правы чалавека”, што прайшоў у Доме правоў чалавека ў Вільні 13-15 лістапада.

New death threats against journalist Bakir Hadziomerovic (on right), one of the country’s leading investigative journalists, have provoked media organizations in B&H and international media associations to react severely against what seems to be a decline in the freedom of expression and the media in the country.

U.S. President Barack Obama urged Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi in a meeting where Burma’s Prime Minister Thein Sein attended. Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi, who has spent more than 14 years under house arrest since 1989, has recently become a hero of a book for children, written by former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik.