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– Human rights defenders are central in the dialogue between civilizations, said Shirin Ebadi at the opening of the HRH conference 13 October in Oslo. The Iranian Nobel Laureate expressed the need for a Human Rights House in Iran where defenders can come together. (13-OCT-04)
 

– Under the presidency of Alaksandr Lukashenka, Belarusian government limited political and cultural liberties and established close contacts with the world’s most repressive regimes in order to create a kind of world-wide antidemocratic international, said Vice President of the Belarusian Pen Center, Andrej Dynko, at the Anniversary conference of the Human Rights House Network that opened in Oslo today. (13-OCT-04)
 

– Human rights defenders are central in the dialogue between civilizations, said Shirin Ebadi at the opening of the HRH conference 13 October in Oslo. The Iranian Nobel Laureate expressed the need for a Human Rights House in Iran where defenders can come together. 
 

– The environment in which human rights defenders operate is becoming more and more hostile, limiting the space for negotiation. Those who stand up for human rights often pay high price for their courage, said Musa Gassama, Deputy Director and Manager of the Human Rights Defenders Office in Geneva, at the HRH Anniversary conference opening today in Oslo. (13-OKT-04)
 

Due to insufficient legal protection, violence against women has increased alarmingly, says Programme Co-ordinator Ann Gathumbi of Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW). – Many of the victims remain with their families out of fear of what might happen to their children if the women leave their husbands, explains Gathumbi.  
 

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) – Canadian section in co-operation with Croatian Helsinki Committee and Croatian Law Centre organized national and regional conference in Bjelolasica, Republic of Croatia, in order to present results of the project «Impartiallity and independence of judiciary». (11-OCT-04)
 

The Human Rights House Foundation (HRH) congratulates Wangari Maathai as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004. -The award is a tremendous inspiration for the huge, but largely over-looked efforts of non-governmental organizations world-wide, not only for the environment and sustainable development, but also for peace and human rights, says Niels Jacob Harbitz, HRH’s Project Manager for East Africa. (08-OCT-04)

Human Rights House Foundation (HRH) congratulates Wangari Maathai as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004. -The award is a tremendous inspiration for the huge, but largely over-looked efforts of non-governmental organizations world-wide, not only for the environment and sustainable development, but also for peace and human rights, says Niels Jacob Harbitz, HRH’s Project Manager for East Africa. (08-OCT-04)
 

Two Russian human rights activists – Natalya Estemirova, 40, a journalist and teacher, and Sergey Kovalev (picture), president of Russia´s Human Rights Institute – are nominees for the European Parliament´s top human rights award. Both have been actively campaigning against use of force in the Chechen Republic. (06-OCT-2004)