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13 October, as a part of the official visit to the Russian Federation, the United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (right) met with the Russian human rights activists and Media. On the agenda there were a discussion of contemporary situation with human rights in the Russian Federation and freedom of speech, vital issues in judiciary, a new law on NGOs and situation in the Northern Caucasus (23-OCT-07).

Three years ago, 20 October 2004, the opposition Belarusian journalist Veranika Cherkasova was found stabbed in her apartment in Minsk.  Her relatives and colleagues still did not get the clear answer who was guilty in her death. They do not exclude she could be murdered for her professional activity:  Veranika wrote a lot about special forces activity and covered  Belarusian and Iraqi relationships during Hussein period. (21-OCT-07)

On October 14, European March, the mass action of Belarusian democratic forces, took place in Minsk.  Up to 10000 people expressed their wish for Republic of Belarus to join European Union. Authorities preliminarily detained some tens of young people. There were no detentions during the action itself. (15-OCT-07)

The International Federation of Journalists has condemned the assassination on Friday of a leading radio journalist in the Republic of Somalia where a wave of brutal and targeted attacks has claimed eight media victims this year. On the same day a number of incidents across the country suggested independent media face a new wave of intimidation. (22-OCT-07)
 

Three years ago, 20 October 2004, the opposition Belarusian journalist Veranika Cherkasova was found stabbed in her apartment in Minsk.  Her relatives and colleagues still did not get the clear answer who was guilty in her death. They do not exclude she could be murdered for her professional activity:  Veranika wrote a lot about special forces activity and covered  Belarusian and Iraqi relationships during Hussein period. (21-OCT-07)
 

On 11-12 October 2007 in Tbilisi, Georgia, the OSCE Representative for Media Freedom and the OSCE office in Georgia hosted the fourth annual conference on media self-regulation in the South Caucasus. Representatives from mass media and journalism organizations from the South Caucasus participated in the event. At the end of the conference a statement on self-regulation of the press in the South Caucasus was adopted. (17-OCT-07)
   

On 10 October 2007 in Kosovo, the Parliamentary Commission for Legislative and Constitutional Matters approved a short list (3 candidates) for the Ombudsperson in Kosovo position. The Parliament will vote over them soon. The same day, Marek Antoni Nowicki, former Ombudsperson in Kosovo, at present the President of the Board of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, sent an open letter to the President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Mr. Kole Berisha, in which he wrote about his concern regarding the current election procedure. ( 19-OCT-07)
 

In FYR Macedonia 2000 children are living on the streets, only half of them are in Skopje, and the numbers are rapidly increasing. Joining in the celebration of the world day against poverty, October 17, the First Children’s embassy in the world – Megjashi, a member organisation of the HR House project in Skopje, issued a report on poverty and social exclusion noting that children should not be forgiven. (19-OCT-07)
 

On 12 October 2007 the big delegation group of Heinrich Boell Foundation had a meeting with a group of human rights defenders of Republic of Azerbaijan. The purpose of the meeting was to get comprehensive information on human rights environment in the country as well as get acquainted with the local and regional initiatives of organizations regarding human rights, conflict transformation, civil society building. (14-OCT-07)