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Чацвёртая спроба Руху “За свабоду” зарэгістравацца нарэшце ўвянчалася поспехам, і 17 снежня арганізацыя атрымала рэгістрацыйнае пасведчанне.

As protests and demonstrations move through the Russian Federation, in reaction to the current financial crisis, the Russian authorities respond by unlawfully detaining protesters and attempting to revise current criminal procedural laws under the pretext of anti-terrorism.

Ismet Bajramovic–Celo, right, a Sarajevo wartime commander and alleged mafia godfather, has been found dead in his apartment. Initial evidence suggests that he may have committed suicide.

The row with Greece, EU integration and challenges regarding the global economic crisis were the main topics, Macedonia’s President tackled in his annual address to Parliament.

Croatia’s Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has described Slovenia’s move to veto new talks for Zagreb to join the European Union as an action “without precedent.”

-Those who are lesbian, gay or bisexual, those who are transgender, transsexual or intersex, are full and equal members of the human family and are entitled to be treated as such- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told high-level panel discussion on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Farzad Kamangar, right, was arrested by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence officials along with two other members of the Kurdish minority, Ali Heydariyan and Farhad Vakili, in Tehran around July 2006. The three men were sentenced to death on 25 February 2008 after being convicted of “moharebeh” (enmity towards God), a charge leveled against those accused of taking up arms against the state, in connection with their alleged membership of the armed group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

The 9th International Migrants Day coincides with the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Many UDHR provisions vividly relate to some of the threats – racism, xenophobia, labour and sexual exploitation, arbitrary detention and other injustices- and hopes – freedom of movement, right to work, to education, to live in dignity – experienced by millions of women, men and children and demonstrate that migrants rights are human rights.

In the period from 10th to 12th December 2008, The First Children’s Embassy in the World – Megjashi, organized a training called ‘A multidisciplinary approach in the field of violence and negligence of children – recognizing, comprehensing, intervening’.