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– In two years, 46 trade unionisits, 6 journalists and 33 human rights defenders have been murdered in Colombia, said Carlos Ivan Lopera (picture) from Redepaz Peace Network, speaking at the HRH Anniversary Conference 13 October. Colombia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world, not the least for human rights defenders.
 

The UN High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) Baku office has registered over 10,000 refugees from the Chechen Republic, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq and Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 8,500 of these people are Chechens and some 1,500 Afghanis. (21-OCT-2004)
 
 
 

The United Nations World Food Program says it has been forced to cut its aid to displaced Azerbaijanis due to scarce funding. The agency´s decision is likely to make life much harder for the tens of thousands of civilians in the country who depend heavily on such foreign aid. Thousands of others — refugees from recent wars in the Caucasus and elsewhere — are also living in the Republic of Azerbaijan, and in even worse conditions, reports Jean-Christophe Peuch of Radio Free Europe. (21-OCT-2004)
 

The UN High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) Baku office has registered over 10,000 refugees from the Chechen Republic, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq and Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 8,500 of these people are Chechens and some 1,500 Afghanis. (20-OCT-2004)
 
 
 

The United Nations World Food Program says it has been forced to cut its aid to displaced Azerbaijanis due to scarce funding. The agency´s decision is likely to make life much harder for the tens of thousands of civilians in the country who depend heavily on such foreign aid. Thousands of others — refugees from recent wars in the Caucasus and elsewhere — are also living in the Republic of Azerbaijan, and in even worse conditions, reports Jean-Christophe Peuch of Radio Free Europe. (20-OCT-2004) 

– Haven’t we done so, we should do it, said Norwegian Minister of Justice Odd Einar Dørum, when confronted with the fact that Norway – unlike the EU – still hasn’t developed a transparent, comprehensive policy on human rights defenders. (20-OCT-04) 
 

– Human rights defenders have a fundamental role to play in any political system. Not even one government can claim that there is no need for watchdogs that follow their actions and report about human rights violations, said HRH´s Executive Director Maria Dahle at the opening of the anniversary conference 13 October in Oslo. (19-OCT-04)
  
 

On Friday, the malicious damage charge initially filed against the group of human rights defenders who last week painted graffiti on a monument downtown Nairobi demanding that their government deliver on its promise to establish a truth, justice and reconciliation commission, was dropped. The incitement and illegal assembly charges, however, were referred to High Court for for a Constitutional reference. (19-OCT-04)
 

– Human rights defenders have a fundamental role to play in any political system. Not even one government can claim that there is no need for watchdogs that follow their actions and report about human rights violations, said HRH´s Executive Director Maria Dahle at the opening of the anniversary conference 13 October in Oslo. (19-OCT-04)