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Three independent human rights organisations form new core group of Human Rights House Azerbaijan.

Despite two years of calls from key international mechanisms and experts, the Polish authorities continue to rebuff criticism and implement measures impeding human rights, the rule of law, and the independence of the judiciary.

Mehman Huseynov’s appeals for justice and freedom continue.

As part of this year’s edition of the Human Rights Film Festival in Zagreb, the two-day international conference “Il(l)iberal democracies: Europe between democracy and autocracy” was held on Friday 8 to Saturday 9 December, in the Müller Hall of the Cinema Europa.

Initiative Center for the Caucasus (ICC), organisation within the network of Human Rights Houses, has been recognised in France with an award in the category of freedom of information, freedom of the press and journalism.

On December 8, Belarusian human rights community solemnly awarded the winners of the ninth National Human Rights Prize in three categories: “The human rights defender of the year”, “The journalist of the year” and “The campaign/initiative of the year”. The ceremony was held in the Minsk book store “Lohvinau”.

8 снежня ў мінскай кнігарні “ЛогвінаЎ” беларуская праваабарончая супольнасць урачыста ўзнагародзіла лаўрэатаў дзевятай Нацыянальняй прэміі беларускіх праваабаронцаў 2017 года ў трох намінацыях – “Праваабаронца года”, “Журналіст года” і “Кампанія/ініцыятыва года”.

From emerging democracies in transition, illiberal governments have rapidly transformed Hungary and Poland into ill democracies, have attempted to do so in Croatia, and are slowly and carefully entertaining an illiberal platform in Serbia, according to the new case study Resisting Ill Democracies in Europe.

Belarus is not among the 75 countries that clearly stated the need to protect human rights defenders. By doing this, the Belarusian authorities have witnessed their true position towards the human rights community, thinks Ales Bialiatski, head of the HRC “Viasna”.