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Seminar: The situation for Kurdistan’s women
On Tuesday 28 June, the Women’s Issues Group within the Norwegian Council for the Rights of the Kurdish People, one of the organisations in the Norwegian Human Rights House in Oslo, will host a seminar on the women’s situation in Kurdistan. The seminar, which begins at 17.00 hrs., is open to the public. (17-JUNE-05)
Election? What election, say Iranian Kurds
All Kurds share the joy that Iraq has had a Kurdish President and that Barzani is elected to be President in three Kurdish provinces in Northern Iraq. However, liberation in some parts of Kurdistan does not grant that basic human rights are observed for all Kurds, says Mr. Abdurrahman Heci, leader of the Iranian Kurdish party PJAK. Mr. Abdurrahman visited the Norwegian Human Rights House on Thursday 16 June. (17-JUNE-05)
So much for multi-partyism, says key human rights defender
-The forthcoming referendum on multi-partyism is opposed by civil society, oppositional political parties and the donor community, and not only for its wastefulness, says Martin Masiga (right), Executive Director of HURINET, one of the leading human rights organisations in the Republic of Uganda. Read Masiga’s background on the issue. (17-JUNE-05)
Kenya – Continued need for political change
On Monday 20 June, HRH’s Project Manager for East Africa Niels Jacob Harbitz will participate at a seminar focussing on the continued need for political change in the Republic of Kenya. The seminar is co-hosted by the Norwegian Council for Africa, HRH’s partner in our recent seminar on Northern Republic of Uganda, and FORUM for Environment and Development. Keynote speakers are Apollo Njonjo and Halle Jørn Hanssen. (16-JUNE-05)
Dalai Lama visited the Human Rights House
On Tuesday 14 June, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dalai Lama visited the Norwegian Human Rights House and gave a press conference in the conference room here. -The wish for democracy among the Chinese people has grown so strong that it can no longer be silenced, said the Buddhist monk, who himself is the best example of just that. (15-JUNE-05)
Truth, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation. The Peruvian case
On Friday 17 June, the International Society for Health and Human Rights, one of the organisations based in the Human Rights House in Oslo, will host a workshop on ‘Truth, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation’. With human rights activists visiting from Peru, the main focus will be on the relevance of such processes there. Speakers from both Peru and the Human Rights House in Oslo will contribute. (14-JUNE-05)
Amnesty International to host seminar on lesbian and gay rights
On 22 June, Amnesty International, Norwegian chapter’s expert group on Lesbian, Gay, Bi- and Transsexual rights will host a seminar at the Norwegian Human Rights House on how to empower the rights of gays and lesbians in Eastern Europe. Experts and activists from the region will blend with some of the key Norwegian spokespersons on these issues for what promises to be a thoughtprovoking and very timely seminar. (13-JUNE-05)
United States: Court case over comic book’s nude Picasso
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is backing a legal challenge to charges brought against a US shopkeeper who accidently allowed a child to be given a copy of a comic book featuring images of artist Pablo Picasso in the nude. (13-JUNE-05)
High profile Angolan human rights defender visits HRH
On 25 May, David Mendes, Director of the independent human rights organisation Maos Livres in Angola, visited the Norwegian Human Rights House and spoke to an open lunch meeting about the human rights situation in his home country Angola. Access to justice is a major problem, and leads to gross miscarriages of justice.