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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says global battles for safety, decent work and quality journalism can only be won if journalists stand together in defence of their rights. In a statement marking World Press Freedom Day 2008, the IFJ has called for a renewal of global solidarity among journalists to combat the threats facing media. (30-APR-08)
 

The International Contact Group (ICG), a loose network of countries trying to affect the situation in the Republic of Somalia meets in Oslo tomorrow to discuss the political process, the security situation and the humanitarian conditions in the country. To address ICG´s disputable role, representatives of many of the different Somali organisations in Norway will demonstrate outside the meeting. (29-APR-08)
 

Remzi Kartal , right, Vice President of Kongra-Gel, the Kurdish National Congress, visited the Human Rights House in Oslo on Friday, and painted a bleak picture of the situation in Kurdistan. Kartal, who lives in exile in Belgium, has spent time in prison and cannot go back to Republic of Turkey. Like his fellow political representative Leyla Zana, he once presented his oath to the Turkish parliament in Kurdish. (28-APR-08)
 

More than 400 Mount Elgon residents were tortured  by the military during the offensive to flush out the rag-tag Sabaot Land Defence Force (SLDF) militia. According to a report produced by the Independent Medico-legal Unit (IMLU), those arrested were locked up at Bungoma prison after  suffering physical injuries from the beatings meted out by the Republic of Kenya Army. (28-APR-08)
 

The first session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review has just ended. No less than sixteen countries came under the scrutiny of their peers. How did the process go? What went well? What must be improved? What are the opportunities and challenges for civil society at national level? (28-APR-08)
 

Remzi Kartal, right, Vice President of Kongra-Gel, the Kurdish National Congress, visited the Human Rights House in Oslo on Friday, and painted a bleak picture of the situation in Kurdistan. Kartal, who lives in exile in Belgium, has spent time in prison and cannot go back to Republic of Turkey. Like his fellow political representative Leyla Zana, he once presented his oath to the Turkish parliament in Kurdish. (28-APR-08)
 

Ugandan security forces raided the offices of a magazine regarded as critical of President Yoweri Museveni´s government, arresting three journalists and taking away computers, a lawyer said on Saturday. It was the second time the bi-monthly Independence has been raided since its launch in October last year. (26-APR-08)
 

Amnesty International  deplores today´s expulsion by the Moroccan authorities of a delegation of Action by Christians against Torture (Action des chrétiens pour l´abolition de la torture, ACAT) as another setback against human rights defenders working on Western Sahara. The organization was in the country to investigate the human rights situation in Western Sahara. (25-APR-08)
 

Amnesty International  deplores today´s expulsion by the Moroccan authorities of a delegation of Action by Christians against Torture (Action des chrétiens pour l´abolition de la torture, ACAT) as another setback against human rights defenders working on Western Sahara. The organization was in the country to investigate the human rights situation in Western Sahara. (25-APR-08)