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Croatian non-governmental organizations Zena, Drnis and Documenta – Center for Dealing With the Past, in behalf of the Coalition for Establishing a Regional Commission for Truth-seeking and Truth-telling About War Crimes (RECOM), have organized in the beginning of August local consultations in Knin.

A new report uncovering media coverage of the Darfur crisis shows that Sudanese and Arab media give little priority to the Darfur conflict and when covered, they mainly focus on the political aspects. Right, civilian killed in Darfur.

A new initiative to spearhead electoral reform in the Republic of Uganda, the Citizens Coalition on Electoral Democracy in the Republic of Uganda (CCEDU) was launched yesterday, on 19th August 2009 in Kampala. The initiative organized by civil society intends to mobilize citizens to promote electoral reforms crucial in the run up to the 2011 elections and beyond. Right, Ugandans lining up to vote in the previous elections, in 2006.

Reporters of Russian NTV were making a movie about missing Belarusian public figures. Two prominent Belarusian oppositional politicians and a businessman were abducted and allegedly murdered in 1999, a journalist of Russian ORT television – in 2000. 10 years after the tragedy, relatives of the missing urge the world to force Republic of Belarus government to tell the truth about their destiny.

On 22 June 2009 Polish Constitutional Tribunal announced a judgement in case concerning the functioning of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA; signature K 54/07).

Менгарвыканкам не дазволіў правядзенне пікету ў абарону сацыяльных правоў грамадзянаў ва ўмовах эканамічнага крызісу. Акцыю планавалася правесці на плошчы Якуба Коласа ў аўторак. Мерапрыемства арганізоўвалася актывістамі Партыі камуністаў Беларускай з мэтай “спынення наступу на сацыяльныя правы працоўных”.

8th Mlada MIRamiDA peace-building training for young activists from Republic of Croatia was organized in Zadar from 17 to 27 July. The training was realized in cooperation with CMS, Croatian Youth Network, and Documenta.

US deputy assistant secretary of state Matthew Bryza has called for the resolution of the case of bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizada, who were jailed in July for “hooliganism” after they published a satirical video online. Right, Adnan Hajizada in a donkey suit.

Due to the inability of two leading political parties to reach agreement, the city of Mostar has been “functioning” without a mayor for nine months now. Local tensions growing out of this situation now threaten to poison relations between leading Bosniak and Croat parties on state level as well.