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“The reform undertaken by the Government, presented as a cure, appears to be worse than the disease affecting the Polish judiciary” declared the UN expert on the independence of the judiciary, concluding his visit to Poland last week.

Human rights defender Özlem Dalkiran and several of her colleagues have been released on bail. HRHF calls for the charges against them to be immediately and unconditionally dropped.

Human rights defenders Tetiana Pechonchyk and Olga Skrypnyk give insights into the dire situation in Crimea and what needs to be done to address it.

This is a daunting task that many human rights organisations face. HRHF has found that building a results framework can be helpful, and share our experiences here.

For the first time, a non-governmental organisation has arranged a thematic briefing of the Council of Europe’s (CoE’s) decision-making body. Three human rights defenders presented their experiences on the front line promoting human rights.

Some 140 representatives of 29 independent Belarusian human rights organisations gather in Vilnius, for the fourth Belarusian Human Rights Defenders’ Forum.

19 – 21 кастрычніка ў Вільні прайшоў IV Беларускі праваабарончы форум. Сабраўшы разам 140 прадстаўнікоў з 29 беларускіх праваабарончых арганізацый, мерапрыемства стала адмысловай пляцоўкай для абмеркавання самых актуальных пытанняў у галіне абароны правоў чалавека ў Беларусі.

У межах працы форуму праваабаронцы падрыхтавалі сумесную заяву з нагоды затрыманняў, што адбываюцца ў Мінску.

Прынята адзінагалосна ўдзельнікамі IV Беларускага праваабарончага форуму 21 кастрычніка 2017 г.