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Somali journalists address gender equality in the media
Journalists from Somalia’s mainstream media today gathered in Mogadishu to address gender equality in the media in the country as well as challenges confronting women journalists.
UN-AU meeting focus on latest developments in Darfur
Officials from the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were in Addis Ababa today, where they briefed the AU Peace and Security Council on the latest security and humanitarian situation in the war-torn western region of the Republic of the Sudan.
Belarusian HR defenders receive training on international standards
For citizens of Republic of Belarus, a country that is neither an EU member nor represented in the Council of Europe, referring to the UN Human Rights Council is the only way to prove their point of view on the international level. Late March, a group of Belarusian human rights defenders went to Geneva to learn how to do just that.
Thailand: Free speech groups call for repeal of repressive legislation
Index on Censorship, English Pen and Article 19 today expressed concern over the 10-year prison sentence given to Thai blogger Suwicha Thakhor.
Акно ў міжнародныя стандарты для беларусаў
Беларусам, якія змагаюцца за свае правы , праваабаронцы пракладаюць сцяжыну ў Жэневу. Паколькі Беларусь не ўваходзіць ні ў Еўразвяз, ні нават у Раду Еўропы, у выпадку парушэння дзяржавай правоў грамадзян адзіным механізмам для іх давесці сваю праўду на міжнароднай арэне з’яўляецца зварот у Камітэт па правах чалавека ААН.
New directory of women’s groups launched in B&H
CURE Foundation last week launched an online version of the Directory of Women’s Groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), as part of the result of the initiative “Reviving the Women’s Movement in BiH” (RWM). Results of the research on women’s groups in B&H were also presented.
Bishop Grigorije brings back the holy inquisition
Nikola Sekulovic, right, president of the Movement for Trebinje, has received a call for church trial of Diocese of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and Primorje, because of “the slander in electronic and print media against church dignitaries, clergy and people”.
Renewal of mandate on UN Independent Expert on Somalia welcomed
EHAHRD-Net welcomes the renewal of the mandate on the Independent Expert on Republic of Somalia whilst calling on key actors to take concrete steps to re-enforce the mandate.
IFJ calls for independent probe over journalist’s death
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called for an independent investigation into the death of Sergey Protazanov, a journalist with Grazhdanskoye Soglasiyel newspaper, who died on 31 March, reportedly after being beaten up.