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Сумесная заява FIDH і Праваабарончага цэнтра “Вясна”
Міжнародная федэрацыя правоў чалавека (FIDH) і Праваабарончы цэнтр “Вясна” заклікаюць урад Рэспублікі Беларусь выконваць міжнародныя абавязацельствы ў галіне правоў чалавека
Палітвязень – на волі, прысуд – абвінаваўчы
8-9 снежня ў Цэнтральным судзе Менску адбыўся разгляд справы актывіста грамадзянскай кампаніі “Еўрапейская Беларусь” Аляксандра Баразенкі, апошняга з фігурантаў нашумелага сёлетняга “Працэсу 14-ці”. Абвінавачаны прызнаны вінаватым і асуджаны да 1 году абмежавання волі без накіравання ў спецустановы.
Much done, yet much left to do for human rights defenders
The situation of human rights defenders remains extremely worrying in a number of countries. “Threats, ill-treatments, torture and judicial harassment against human rights defenders remain commonplace,” says Souhayr Belhassen, right, President of FIDH.
Ten years on, human rights defenders continue to pay a high price
Five UN and regional human rights mechanisms and representatives launch a joint warning on the persistent challenges facing human rights defenders on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on Human Rights defenders.
Three years’ imprisonment for human rights advocate in Iranian Kurdistan
Sama Bahmani, a member of the Coalition of Human Rights Advocates in Islamic Republic of Iran, was detained on July 23, along with three teachers and civil rights activists in the Kurd part of Islamic Republic of Iran. All four were charged with efforts to prepare a report on human rights violations in the region. Right, Sanandaj, the city where they were held and allegedly mistreated and kept in solitary confinement.
Kenyan Civil Society finally awake
“We, members of the National Civil Society Congress, concerned that the crisis now facing the nation have resulted from a leadership crisis and led to much suffering, hereby call on all Kenyans to take part in a national boycott of oil and oil products,” a notice issued last week read.
Juba Declaration of Concern by the Sudan National Roundtable
The National Roundtable meeting on democratic media legislation in the Republic of the Sudan held under the auspices of the Republic of the Sudan Consortium ‘promoting freedom of expression and civil society involvement in the development of democratic media legislation in Sudan’ met in Juba, South Republic of the Sudan on 1st to 2nd December, 2008.
War crimes devastate population in Somalia
All parties in the escalating conflict in the Republic of Somalia have regularly committed war crimes and other serious abuses during the past year that have contributed to the country’s humanitarian catastrophe, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch urged the United States, the European Union, and other major international actors to rethink their flawed approaches to the crisis and support efforts to ensure accountability.
Right to healthy enviroment violated in B&H
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized on 4th December in Sarajevo a round table on topic „Human Rights in the Area of Enviroment and Sustainable Development“. Round table was supported by Heinrich Boll Foundation.