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Veronika Marchenko, the Head of Russian NGO Mother’s Right Foundation (Russian Research Center for Human Rights/ Moscow HRH), became a recipient of the third annual Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of Courage. The Award recognizes the courage and leadership shown as women struggle for social justice and human rights.

-As you know, says the letter, signed by 25o organisations, -the people of the Greater North have suffered in this conflict. Over 1 million of us have been displaced from our homes, much violence and brutality has occurred, we have not been able to farm our land, grow our crops, we have not been able to educate our children. There has been widespread violence including sexual violence. Read the full letter below.

Chinese authorities in Tibet should open the region to foreign journalists and release imprisoned Tibetan journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Tuesday is the 50th anniversary of an uprising against Chinese rule.

The conviction of the Mai Mai commander Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga and 20 other Mai Mai combatants for crimes on major charges, including crimes against humanity, by a military court on March 5, 2009, was a crucial step toward creating accountability in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today.

ARTICLE 19 is urging UN Human Rights Council members to vote against a
resolution on “defamation of religions” at its regular session in Geneva this
month.

For Bosnian Serb general Jovan Divjak who defended Sarajevo during the 1992-95 conflict, the only hope for his country today is for young people to vote out the older generation of politicians who continue to exacerbate ethnic divisions.

Human Rights Network Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Uganda Coalition for the International Criminal Court issued a joint press statement today, welcoming the decision of ICC’s pretrial chamber 1 to indict the President of Republic of the Sudan Mr Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir for crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated against the Darfuri peoples. Right, village set on fire in Darfur. Read the full statement below.

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), has received new
information and requests your intervention in the following situation in the Republic of Kenya.

Inadequate educational system for persons with disabilities and consenquently, incoherence of educational programmes with labor market needs in the Republic of Croatia, make persons with disabilities in the Republic of Croatia marginalized and left to their own.