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New declaration in Croatia: Youth and Peacebuilding
The conference “The Role of Youth in Peace Building Process” was organized in Donja Stubica, in the end of March this year. As a result of the conference, participants have made a declaration on the role of youth in peace building processes, which will be the basis of advocating for institutional and legal changes on national and European level.
Allowed to men but not to women?
In spite of formal gender equality, considering women’s equal political rights is something a long way away for the Belarusian leadership. A round table discussion in HRH-Vilnius brings interesting facts about gender relations and attempts of power succession from father to son in the Republic of Belarus.
-Stop wounding journalists, says NUSOJ to warring parties in Mogadishu
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) calls on the warring parties in Mogadishu to cease hostilities and respect journalists’ rights to do their job without harm. Today, the fighting in Mogadishu resulted in four journalists, all working for private media outlets, being wounded in shelling.
Што дазволена мужчыну, жанчыне – не?
Нягледзячы на фармальную роўнасць палоў, беларускія ўлады не расцэньваюць жанчын як роўных удзельніц палітычнага працэсу. Цікавыя факты пра гендэрныя адносіны і планы перадачы ўлады ў Беларусі ад бацькі сыну разглядаліся ў хадзе дыскусіі за круглым сталом у віленскім Доме правоў чалавека.
Yemen: Seven newspapers confiscated and one daily’s office under siege
ARTICLE 19 calls on the Yemeni government to immediately lift all forms of
censorship on the media and return confiscated newspapers.
al-Bashir invitation a dilemma for inauguration of South Africa’s next president
South Africa faces a diplomatic dilemma. It invited Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, right, to president-elect Jacob Zuma’s inauguration on Saturday, but hopes he will stay away as the government would have to arrest him for alleged war crimes.
World Press Freedom Day conference commits to tackle impunity and repressive media laws
Representatives from 11 countries in Eastern Africa have resolved to carry out a campaign against repressive media laws and the culture of impunity in the region.
-Teach religions, not religion, says Macedonia’s Constitutional Court
The Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights welcomes the decision made by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Macedonia, which once again abolishes teaching one religion at the expense of others in primary schools.
Leading Sudanese HR defender released
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), welcomes the release of Mr. Mohamed Al Mahgoub, Director of the North Darfur branch of the Amel Centre for Medical Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture, who was detained incommunicado since April 11, 2009.