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According to official statistics, 2935 local non-governmental organizations operate in the Republic of Azerbaijan . The Ministry of Justice, the top body on granting registration, has registered only 1769 of them, while the rest 962 NGOs exist without registration. A report compiled by the OSCE office in Baku says that the registration of non-governmental organisations in Republic of Azerbaijan continues to be problematic.  (12-MAY-2005)
 

According to official statistics, 2935 local non-governmental organizations operate inAzerbaijan . The Ministry of Justice, the top body on granting registration, has registered only 1769 of them, while the rest 962 NGOs exist without registration. A report compiled by the OSCE office in Baku says that the registration of non-governmental organisations in the Republic of Azerbaijan continues to be problematic.  (12-MAY-2005)
 

Last night, Professor Nina Witoszek was awarded Fritt Ords Pris for her more than two decades’ long contribution to Norwegian and international public debate, all through her valuable utilisation of the freedom of expression she left Republic of Poland in the early 80s to regain. Ever since, and through both her fictional and academic writing, she has been among the most prolific, original and interesting participants in numerous debates, especially on cultural myths and national identity. (11-MAY-05)
 

-Get out of Burma! The Norwegian Petroleum Fund’s investments in companies that are doing business in Burma must be withdrawn immediately, says deputy leader of the orwegian union of trade unuons, Finn Erik Thoresen. The messages is conveyed directly to the Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik. (11-MAY-05)
 

Women, and the women’s movement, have suffered severe suppression in Tunisia. Recently, Khedija Arfaoui presented a paper outlining th history of the feminist movement in Tunisia from the 1920s to 2000s at the Sixth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting in Florence and MOntecatini, Italy. HRH has had regular contact with human rights organisations in Tunisia, and is pleased to refer our readers to this and other papers from the conference. (10-MAY-05)
  

From Anti-Slavery International, HRH has received the following article on trafficking of women from North Korea to the People´s Republic of China, and China´s subsequent repatriation of those caught. The story confirms previous accounts of severe mistreatment, including torture, lengthy labour camp imprisonment and, in some instances, execution. (10-MAY-05)
 

Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the Sudanese Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, who was arrested yesterday in Khartoum on the eve of his departure to Ireland to receive an award from the Dublin-based Front Line, the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. HRH has cooperated closely with Frontline on several occasions. (10-MAY-05)
 

We congratulate everybody on Victory day. (09-MAY-05)
 

“The rehabilitation of Stalin can’t be allowed”, – members of society express their resentment.
Russian society is insulted by the decision of the councils of many towns of the Russian Federation to place a monument to Stalin. A lot of representatives from the Russian scientific and liberal intelligentsia wrote, to no avail, a letter to Mr. Putin to not allow the placement of Stalin´s monument anywhere in the Russian Federation. (09-MAY-05)