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According to a statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, the perpetrators do not discriminate. Victims of torture range from teenage girls to the elderly. -The widespread use of torture not only against political detainees but also ordinary suspects is a characteristic feature of many repressive regimes, – says Inger Lise Husøy of the Norwegian Burma Committee.

In its brochure on journalist Malahat Nasibova, 2009 Rafto Prize winner the Rafto Foundation called her “The journalist who won’t be silenced”.

In its recent brochure on journalist 2009 Rafto Prize winner Malahat Nasibova, the Rafto Foundation called her “The journalist who won’t be silenced”.

Association for Promotion of Equal Opportunities for People With Disabilities – UPIM (APEO) has recently launched National Campaign for Disability Employment, called “To Us, The Crisis Is Always”. The aim of the Campaign is to promote the disability issue in the media and in that way, make the public sensitive, especially employers, to disability unemployment issue in the Republic of Croatia.

On 28 October 2009 the Supreme Administrative Court of Republic of Poland („SAC”) issued a precedent judgment setting out the standard regarding the NGOs’ power to control activities of public bodies with the use of Freedom of Information Act. The SAC declared that the President of the Institute of National Remembrance („IPN”) may not ignore motions of NGOs requesting access to information or explanation of certain actions undertaken by the IPN employees.

Association of Young Journalists “Polis”, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the U.S. Embassy organised a meeting with Michael Haltzel – senior fellow at Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University. It took place on 9 October 2009 in Collegiun Civitas in Warsaw.

Today, the Presidency of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision assigning the situation in the Republic of Kenya to its so-called Pre-Trial Chamber II. As a state party to the Rome Treaty, establishing the ICC, Republic of Kenya has committed itself to cooperate with the court, also in investigations into issues to do with its own country.

43-year-old scion of a wealthy, politically influential family and a long-time oppositional figure in the republic of Ingushetia, was recently killed when his car was strafed with gunfire, as he drove along a federal highway, adding another name to the list of activists, who have been killed lately in the Northern Caucasus.

On 29 and 30 October 2009 in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv took place a Conference on the Development of Human Rights Education initiated by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the Understanding Human Rights Ukrainian Educational Program. During two days 148 participants from different countries shared their expertise and information concerning the existent examples of initiatives, projects and programs for human rights education in Ukraine and abroad.