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Hunger strikes against the election result
There are already three persons on hunger strike in the Republic of Belarus. All three cases are connected to the Parliamentary election. The first hunger strike was started by the chief editor of “Mestnaya Gazeta” newspaper Andrey Shantarovich. He believes the newspaper was suspended for political reasons so that it couldn’t elucidate the electoral process. (4-NOV-2004)
On Polish human rights situation in Geneva
Today experts from the UN Human Rights Committee are going through Poland´s periodic report on the realization of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In their prepared counter-reports, non-government organizations reproached the government first and foremost for discontinuing cases concerning beating up by the police, the reproductive policy, which brought wretched results, as well as homophobia. (28-OCT-04)
Azerbaijan: Opposition Leaders Sentenced after Flawed Trial, says HRW
The sentencing of seven Azeri opposition leaders caps the government´s record of serious human rights violations, flowing from riots over the contentious 2003 presidential election, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. The seven Azeri opposition leaders are widely considered political prisoners. (28-OCT-2004)
Azerbaijan: Opposition Leaders Sentenced after Flawed Trial, says HRW
The sentencing of seven Azeri opposition leaders caps the government´s record of serious human rights violations, flowing from riots over the contentious 2003 presidential election, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. The seven Azeri opposition leaders are widely considered political prisoners. (28-OCT-2004)
Azerbaijan: ILHR concerned about Imam of Juma Mosque
The International League for Human Rights (ILHR), a non-governmental human rights organization based in New York and in special consultative status with UN ECOSOC, expresses serious concern about the recent detention of religious freedom activist and imam of the Muslim community in Baku Ilgar Ibrahimoglu, who also serves as a director of Center for Defense of Freedom of Conscience and Belief in the Republic of Azerbaijan. (28-OCT-2004)
Azerbaijan: ILHR concerned about Imam of Juma Mosque
The International League for Human Rights (ILHR), a non-governmental human rights organization based in New York and in special consultative status with UN ECOSOC, expresses serious concern about the recent detention of religious freedom activist and imam of the Muslim community in Baku Ilgar Ibrahimoglu, who also serves as a director of Center for Defense of Freedom of Conscience and Belief in the Republic of Azerbaijan. (28-OCT-2004)
The Statement from the ‘Activists under Attack’ conference, now also in Bosnian
Statement “Human rights defenders need stronger international support and protection” is now available also in Bosnian language. (27-10-04)
More imprisonments in Belarus
The 25 th of October five persons were detained for participation in the demonstration against the falsification of the Parliamentary election and the referendum in Kastrychnitskaya Square. (26-10-04)
New Imprisonments in Belarus
The 25th of October five persons were detained for participation in the demonstration against the falsification of the Parliamentary election and the referendum in Kastrychnitskaya Square. (26-OCT-04)