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Кампанія ў падтрымку Свеціка і супраць пераследу праваабаронцаў
Удзельнікамі праекта «Выкананне міжнародных стандартаў у нацыянальнай судовай практыцы», што ажыццяўляецца ў межах Беларускага ДПЧ, распачата кампанія ў падтрымку Леаніда Свеціка. Праваабаронцы выразілі салідарнасць са Свецікам і асудзілі дзеянні беларускіх уладаў адносна пераследу праваабаронцаў на Беларусі, выказаўшыся на гэтую тэму ў разнастайных СМІ.
Amnesty protesting against HR violations by Shell in Nigeria
Amnesty International activists campaigned yesterday on Shell stations across the country with the requirement: Clean up in Nigeria. Starting with the kick-off yesterday, over 300 activists will take part in actions near 60 petrol stations during the promotion month.
The second Race for the Cure in Sarajevo
Race for the Cure was organized in the beginning of October by local partner, Association Renesansa, for the second time in Sarajevo, with specific aim this year to collect means for medical treatment of one woman who is on the waiting list for the cure against breast cancer, Herceptin.
Media law stakeholders push for amendment of the law in Somalia
Journalists, media owners, lawyers, government officials, members of civil society and parliamentarians want the Media Law passed in December 2007 by transitional federal parliament amended forthwith.
Election observation project available on the web
The webpage of the „Election Observation: Theory and Practice“ project www.eotp.info has been officially launched.
“Anti-Homosexuality” bill endangers the defence of health and sexual rights in Uganda
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), denounces the submission of a bill to the Ugandan Parliament that would, if approved, considerably restrict the activities of human rights defenders and NGOs in the Republic of Uganda, and punish the so-called “promotion” of homosexuality with imprisonment.
US: courts confused over ‘incitement to murder’
You have no right to ask someone to commit a murder, obviously, but it’s hard to say if the right to extol or encourage murder is protected. A few days prior to her performance at the Battle of Ideas, Index on Censorship republished a post of an American lawyer Wendy Kaminer, right, reflecting on how US courts struggle to distinguish between incitement, threats and mere advocacy of violence.
Праект па назіранні за выбарамі – ужо ў сеціве
Афіцыйна адчынілася Інтэрнэт-старонка праекту па назіранні за выбарамі “Назіранне за выбарамі: тэорыя і практыка” www.eotp.info.
China urged to suspend disastrous pipelines in Burma
115 civil society organizations, including the Norwegian Burma Committee, and political parties from 20 countries today submitted an open letter to China’s President Hu Jintao calling for the suspension of oil and gas pipelines through Burma in order to prevent rights abuses and regional instability, avoiding financial and image risks to the People´s Republic of China.