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Four days in advance of the international conference, workshops and annual meeting of the Human Rights House Network, www.humanrightshouse.org regrets to inform that Stanislav Dmitrievsky, a delegate to the meeting, has received a summons from Russian police and will not be able to attend. It is assumed that the arrest was prompted by fear that Dmitrievsky would seek asylum in the Republic of Azerbaijan. (2-SEP-5)
    

Together with Norwegian PEN?s Secretary General Carl Morten Iversen, Board member, author and journalism researcher Elisabeth Eide will next week participate in the IFEX (International Freedom of Exchange) / TMG (Tunisian Monitoring Group) lead third observation envoy to Tunisia. (1-SEP-05)
 

Two years ago, the Bush administration admitted that the 15 uigurs currently serving at Guantanamo were sent there by mistake. Now, however, the same administration does not want to release them out of fear that they might have been influenced by other prisoners or in other ways developed misleading ideas. (31-AUG-05)
  

The West Saharan liberation movement Polisario´s chief negotiator Emhamed Khadad (right) visited the Norwegian Human Rights House yesterday. -Norway must do a lot more to push Moroccan authorities to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, Khadad stated. With its occupation of Western Sahara, declared illegal by the UN, Morocco remains Africa´s last colonial power. (31-AUG-05)
 

From the Norwegian Tibet Committee, one of the in-house member organisations of the Norwegian Human Rights House, www.humanrightshouse.org has received the following appeal, addressing the issue of violations of children’s rights, including Panchen Lama (right) in the People´s Republic of China. Please read and sign it, as soon as possible. (31-AUG-05)
 

The West Saharan liberation movement Polisario´s chief negotiator Emhamed Khadad (right) visited the Norwegian Human Rights House yesterday. -Norway must do a lot more to push Moroccan authorities to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, Khadad stated. With its occupation of Western Sahara, declared illegal by the UN, Morocco remains Africa´s last colonial power. (31-AUG-05) 
 

ARTICLE 19 has issued a public statement in the wake of the London bombings. The free expression organization has voiced concerns about how proposed security measures will affect fundamental freedoms. (30-AUG-05)

-In the last six month, the violence in Turkish Kurdistan has seriously escalated. In view of this, RKR (RÃ¥det for Kurdernes Rettigheter / The Norwegian Council for the Rights of the Kurds) considers it immensely positive that both parties to the conflict now seem to nurture a wish for peace, says RKR spokeswoman Liv Kjølseth (right) (30-AUG-05)
 

In the wake of the 7 July bombings in London, new security measures will have a dramatic impact on fundamental freedoms, reports ARTICLE 19. (30-AUG-05)