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To commemorate the 58th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State (ASVDH) organized a sit-in on December 10, 2006, in Dcheira Square, opposite the Hotel Negjir, in the city of El-Ayoune. The non-violent demonstrators were attacked by a large number of Moroccan security elements armed with sticks, when the Sahrawi activists approached the place of the sit-in. (15 DES 06)
  

On 8-17 December 2006, Warsaw hosted, already for the sixth time, the International Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film organized by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art and the Social Institute of Film. This year a new formula was developed for the festival – film competitions. (18-DEC-06)

Throughout 2006, ICT has received tens of thousands of signatures of support from people who have spoken out for Tibetan prisoners of conscious. The active support that these signatures represent has helped in securing the release of the Buddhist nun Phuntsog Nyidron and the humanitarian, Nyima Choedron. (18-DEC-06)
 

On December, 10th , the International Day of Human Rights, the Second All-Russian Congress on Protection of Human Rights stated that the situation in the country had drastically deteriorated. It was the first time leaders of human rights movement called human rights activists to take part in pre-election campaign together with all oppositional forces, including communists.  (17-DEC-06)
 

The suspension of the ban on ANS TV means local retransmission of the BBC, Radio Free Europe and Voice of America on its FM frequency, 101.7 FM. But ANS TV could be forced off the air again in February if the government reassigns its frequencies. (15-DEC-06)
 

The Norwegian Tibet Committee is in cooperation with Amnesty International Norway and the Human Rights House Foundation today hosting the newly released political prisoner from Tibet,  PHUNTSOG NYIDRON. Since she participated in a peaceful demonstration in Lhasa in Tibet in 1989 she has spent 15 years in prison. Today, on the 15th of December, from 11 to 1230, she will be at the Norwegian Human Rights House to share with us her experiences, but most of all her hopes for a peaceful settlement of Tibet. (15-DEC-06)
  

The trial of Slobodan Milosevic, which ended with his death before a verdict could be rendered, has provided important evidence about the role of Belgrade in pursuing the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today in New York. (14-DEC-06)

Today, 13th December, marks the 25th anniversary of the instatement of martial law. Meetings, conferences and exhibitions are taking place in different cities throughout Republic of Poland, reminding people of the events of December 1981. (13-DEC-06)

ANS TV channel, which had been banned to broadcast since 24 November 2006, was allowed to resume broadcasting by the National TV and Radio Council (NTRC). Being explained by the “goodwill of the president Aliyev”, the decision of the NTRC allows ANS to broadcast its previous frequencies until the release of the tender results in February 2007. Participation of ANS in the tender was one of the conditions for the temporary restoration of ANS broadcast. (12-DEC-06)