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On Thursday 5 May, youth from many countries worldwide – mainly from Israel and Republic of Poland, as well as representatives of 50 states took part in already the 14th March of the Living. The Marches take place on the Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust (Jom HaShoah) within the grounds of the former concentration camp in Auschwitz and are supposed to remind us of the Holocaust victims. (06-MAY-05)

Almost all parties took to and flooded the streets of the Russians towns with their placards and flags. Left, central and right wing oriented organizations came out to the demonstrations. It was remarkable that a lot of the demands of the demonstrators, from across political spectrum, were similar. (05-MAY-05)
 

In the World Press Freedom Day the famous international organisation for support of freedom of Media Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) released its report about the situation with media in the World in 2004.  In the chapter devoted to Republic of Azerbaijan it is noted that the situation in the country worsened for pro-opposition journalists since the 2003 presidential elections. (4-MAY-2005)

The announcement that King Gyanendra had lifted Nepal?s state of emergency late Friday caught most observers by surprise but left few confident that the country would see the immediate restoration of human rights ? including freedom of expression for its media. (03-MAY-05)
 

About 1,500 reporters marched through Nepal´s capital Tuesday to mark World Press Freedom Day and demand an immediate end to government censorship and the release of colleagues detained since King Gyanendra seized power in February. Index on Censorship’s Rohan Jayasekera reports on fears that the supposed end of Nepal´s state of emergency will not end the repression of the country´s independent media. (03-May-05) 

The Press prize of Ihar Hiermianchuk Memorial is awarded by the  Belarusian Association of Journalist (BAJ), Human Rights House Foundation and the Norwegain PEN  to the editor-in-chief Alena Raubetskaya on the International Freedom of Pres day May 3. Mrs. Raubetskaya is being honered for her critical articles in relation to the October elections in 2004 (3-MAY-05).
 

The Press prize of Ihar Hiermianchuk Memorial is awarded by the  Belarusian Association of Journalist (BAJ), Human Rights House Foundation and the Norwegian PEN  to the editor-in-chief Alena Raubetskaya on the International day of Freedom of Press  on May 3. Mrs. Raubetskaya is being honered for her critical articles in relation to the October elections in 2004 (3-MAY-05).
 

Last week, hundreds of human rights campaigners passed a vote of no confidence in the Narc Government and vowed to ensure it is voted out in 2007. They said the Kibaki administration was composed of people who had tortured them. People who fought for the second liberation had been discriminated against in appointments while the few in Government positions had betrayed the ideals of the struggle. (02-MAY-05)
 

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), would like to express its deep concern over new threats against several human rights defenders in the Republic of Azerbaijan.  (1-MAY-2005)