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Women in Macedonia promoting unity
MWRC is implementing the project “Get familiar with each other, act and promote unity”, which has the aim to improve women’s position in Macedonian society. Project envisions several joint workshops, creation of Women NGO Council and establishment of the network of women NGOs on local level.
Terror for Russian journalists
Levels of physical violence against journalists in the Russian Federation are intensifying. Four murders at the start of 2009 have been succeeded recently by four more serious attacks. All of the eight victims had been reporting on corruption or criticising local politics.
-Expand free expression rights in new draft constitution, says ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 calls for expansion of freedom of expression rights to be integrated into the new draft constitution in the Republic of Kenya.
Pakistan: Journalism is first casualty
As reporters flee fighting in the Swat valley, Zubeida Mustafa reports on the conflict’s effect on Pakistan’s press.
Macedonia reviewed by the UPR
The Working Group on the UPR reviewed the human rights situation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the afternoon of 12 May 2009. Presenting the national report of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was Mr Mihajlo Manevski, Minister of Justice.
Hutu militia rampages across North Kivu, DR Congo
A Hutu militia group is terrorising civilians in eastern Congo, apparently in retaliation for the recent military campaign intended to drive them back to their native Rwanda.
Military operation in eastern DRC likely to cause widespread suffering
The Congolese government’s UN-backed military plans against rebels in South Kivu are likely to lead to civilian deaths and widespread suffering, international agency Oxfam said today. The warning comes as MONUC—the UN-led peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Cong—prepares to support the Congolese army (FARDC) in a new offensive against the FDLR militia.
Political prisoner dying in Belarusian prison
The state of health of political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich worsened sharply and comes close to critical. The prisoner who went on hunger-strike has been joined by 29 democratic activists.
Journalists harassed by police while attempting to cover student protests
On 10 May 2009, Radio Liberty correspondent Durna Safarli, “Yeni Musavat” newspaper employees Afgan Mukhtarli and Layla Ilgar, and “Yukselish Namina” newspaper employee Elchin Hasanov were harassed by police when they attempted to cover protests by a group of local youths.