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Intigam Aliyev, President of the Legal Education Society, Republic of Azerbaijan, says the purpose of amendments to the legislation on non-governmental organizations in the Republic of Azerbaijan is ‘to abolish independent NGO sector.’

Парламенцкая асамблея Рады Еўропы 23 чэрвеня прыняла рашэнне: вярнуць беларускаму парламенту статус адмыслова запрошанага магчыма пры ўмове, якая непасрэдна датычыцца аднаго з асноўных правоў чалавека – права на жыццё. На думку еўрапейскіх парламентароў, Беларусь павінна ўвесці мараторый на смяротнае пакаранне.

Mikalai Autokhovich, who is considered a political prisoner by human rights defenders, is suspected in one more crime according to Article 295.3 of the Belarusian Criminal Code. He is incriminated illegal activities with weapons and ammunition.

Мікалай Аўтуховіч, які, на думку беларускіх праваабаронцаў, з’яўляецца палітычным вязнем, прызнаны падазроным ва ўчыненні яшчэ аднаго злачынства, рэгламентаванага часткай 3 артыкула 295 Крымінальнага кодэксу Рэспублікі Беларусь. На гэты раз яму пагражае абвінавачванне ў незаконных дзеяннях са зброяй і боепрыпасамі.

Republic of Azerbaijan has a new, harsher religion law and new penalties for producing, selling, circulating, importing and exporting religious literature without state permission, reports Felix Corley of Forum 18.

This week the Human Rights Centre published its report ‘Repressive Democracy?! Chronicles of State Sponsored Violence in Georgia during the Spring 2009’, which reveals that the “Government of Georgia is using undemocratic and even illegal means to quash the dissent and maintain the power“.

Globovisión, a 24/7 news channel highly critical of the president, is under pressure to moderate its political stance. Steps taken by the government to remove Globovisión’s free-to-air licence pose a fresh threat to the country’s independent media. Daniel Duquenal reports

By a close margin of 20 to 18 with 9 abstentions, the United Nations Human Rights Council voted on 18 June to approve the creation of an independent expert to closely scrutinize the human rights situation in the Republic of the Sudan, effectively continuing the mandate of the U.N.’s special rapporteur on Republic of the Sudan that was created in 1993. The term of the current special rapporteur on human rights in the Republic of the Sudan expires this month. Right, the current mandate holder, Dr. Sima Samar.

ARTICLE 19 welcomes the landmark ruling of the High Court in Belfast in the
case of investigative journalist, Suzanne Breen, which decided that a court order
forcing her to hand over her notes would have threatened her life and the lives of her family, and compromised the protection of her sources.