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Freedom of association and the rights of human rights defenders are at risk of being severely curtailed in the Republic of Azerbaijan, should a set of amendments to the republic’s Law on Non-Governmental Organizations be adopted by the Azeri parliament, right, tomorrow. The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders and members of the Human Rights House Network express their concern in letters of concern, below.

Huge rallies in Tehran earlier this week saw hundreds of thousands of people defy bans and take to the streets to protest at the declaration that the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had won Friday’s poll over the more moderate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

The administrative committee of the Horki municipality (Mahilou region, East Belarus) quantified damages caused by Bible and the Universal Human Rights Declaration. Piatro Malanachkin, a local protestant, was fined for distributing religious and human rights literature and other printed materials.

An interview with Iso Rusi, right, President of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in FYR Macedonia (HCHR) regarding the relation that Macedonian government has toward Helsinki Committee and the NGO sector in FYR Macedonia, in general.

With a round table discussion on the topic of “Availability – the basic human right to movement, international standards and experiences”, Croatian Union of Physically Disabled Persons Association – HSUTI, has ended the project “Availability – basic human right to movement”.

Адміністрацыйная камісія Горацкага райвыканкаму падлічыла, якую шкоду гораду нясуць Біблія і Дэкларацыя правоў чалавека. За распаўсюд гэтай і іншай літаратуры рэлігійнага і праваабарончага зместу мясцовы пратэстант Пятро Маланачкін атрымаў штраф.

Па 25-30 адвакатаў з чатырох пост-савецкіх краін з верасня будуць праходзіць гадавы курс у межах праграмы International Law in Advocacy. Навучацца стасаваць канцэпцыю правоў чалавека ў сваёй практыцы яны змогуць не пакідаючы месца пражывання – дыстанцыйным чынам.

The passing of a new Media Law in the Republic of the Sudan formalises staunch restrictions on freedom of expression and the media which the Sudanese authorities have made routine practice of since late 2007. Furthermore, the Act, if it is not repealed or significantly amended immediately, will no doubt lead to heightened restrictions and attacks on freedom of expression.

The booklet “Electoral Mosaics” is about the electoral developments of National Assembly of Republic of Armenia in 2007. The pivot of this work is the interviews with leading political analysts, political figures, representatives of mass media and non–governmental organizations, as well as their opinions about the Armenian reality and foreseen developments which had been published in mass media.