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The global survey and country-specific ranking of political rights and civil liberties carried out annually by the independent American organisation Freedom House now ranks the Russian Federation below both Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. The war in South Ossetia is listed as a key reason for the drop and decline.

With the support of numerous non-governmental organizations in B&H, the Movement “DOSTA!”, requests the resignation of the Bosnian Federation’s Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic, right, and his government.

The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net) deplores the passing of the law on Charities and Societies in Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia which threatens the very future of human rights work. -Ethiopia’s donors should call for significant amendments to the law or for its repeal, says EHAHRD-Net’s Chairman Hassan Shire Sheikh.

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) strongly condemns the lawsuit filed against Institute for Peace and Democracy Director Leyla Yunus by Minister of Interior Ramil Usubov and considers this step the beginning of a campaign of repression to silence human rights defenders.

A huge Norwegian research vessel has in secret travelled to the coast of occupied Western Sahara. This weekend the Norwegian company Fugro-Geoteam started a controversial operation to carry out oil exploration, in defiance of the advice of the UN and the Norwegian government.

The dispute between Athens and Skopje over Macedonia’s name puts at risk the European Union (EU) and NATO strategy for stabilising the still fragile western Balkans.

Centre for Peace Studies – CMS supports the public appeal of Women’s Network Republic of Croatia along with CESI organization from Zagreb, to stop the killings in Gaza.

A former Macedonian interior minister who spent more than three years in detention while on trial at a United Nations war crimes tribunal has announced that he plans to run for president.

On January 6, 2009, Ethiopia’s parliament enacted a new law on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that criminalizes most human rights work in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said that the law is a direct rebuke to governments that assist Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and that had expressed concerns about the law’s restrictions on freedom of association and expression.