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A humanitarian emergency is evolving in western Republic of Uganda due to the influx of Congolese refugees, the Disaster Preparedness minister, Tarsis Kabwegyere, right, has warned.

First Children’s Embassy in the World and CIRa released a video “Sonuvaj mirno – Have a Peaceful Dream” within the Campaign for fundraising by citizens and enterprises for establishment of a Fund to support children and youth victims of sexual abuse.

The practice to silence discussion on inconvenient topics was challenged during a short film festival on 28-30 November 2008 in Vilnius.

Выклікам сучаснаму маўчанню і замоўчванню “нязручных” тэм стаўся Фестываль кароткаметражных фільмаў на сацыяльныя тэмы “Knopka vyzova”, што адбываўся ў Вільні з 28 па 30 лістапада. Менавіта гэтак ацанілі падзею ўласна арганізатары і ўдзельнікі мерапрыемства.

This year, we mark both the 20th World AIDS Day and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is fitting that during these landmark anniversaries we consider how far we have come in the global effort to combat AIDS, said Navi Pillay, right, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement on the occasion of World Aids Day today.

Late last month, the Human Rights House of Sarajevo organized a regional seminar in Dubrovnik, aiming to present the new Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The seminar set in motion processes among the human rights NGOs to engage with the mechanism in all four countries.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today welcomed the conclusion of the first working congress of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), held in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya, last weekend, as a historic milestone in strengthening African Journalists.

Sudanese authorities have arrested and detained three human rights defenders in Khartoum, two of whom remain in detention, Human Rights Watch said. On November 24, 2008, Sudanese authorities in Khartoum summoned the three men to the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) offices, where they were detained and questioned about their human rights activities.

“Knopka Vyzova” (“Call Button”), the festival of short-length films on inconvenient topics was officially opened in Belarusian HRH.