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Preparations for the 5th International conference on North Korean human Rights and Refugees, to be co-hosted by The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the South Korean organization Citizens´ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights are well underway. The conference will be held in Warsaw on February 29 – March 2. (16-JAN-04)
 

Minority rights continue to be violated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The general level of observation of such rights is still low, says the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (HCHR BH) in a recent statement. In legal, political and public discourse, minorities only exist under the term “others”. Special attention ought to be paid to the Roma, the biggest and most discriminated against minority in the country. (15-JAN-04)
 

Minority rights continue to be violated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The general level of observation of such rights is still low, says the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (HCHR BH) in a recent statement. In legal, political and public discourse, minorities only exist under the term “others”. Special attention ought to be paid to the Roma, the biggest and most discriminated against minority in the country. (15-JAN-04)
 

Mehdi Zana, for 40 years among the most prominent writers, politicians and spokespersons for the Kurds, has recently visited the Rafto Foundation at the Human Rights House in Bergen. Zana, the husband of the Kurdish MP and Rafto Prize Laureate of 1994 Leyla Zana, is widely respected for his advocacy for a non-violent path to Kurdish cultural rights. (13-JAN-04)
 

 Mehdi Zana, for 40 years among the most prominent writers, politicians and spokespersons
 for the Kurds, recently visited the Human Rights House in Bergen. Zana, the husband of the
 Kurdish MP and Rafto Prize Laureate of 1994 Leyla Zana, is widely respected for his
 advocacy for a non-violent path to Kurdish independence and respect for his people´s cultural
 rights. (13-JAN-04)

In December 2003, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (HCHR BH) issued a statement describing the human rights situation in a selection of municipalities throughout Bosnia and  Herzegovina. The statement makes it clear that the rights to work, social welfare and health protection are among those most commonly violated. In some areas, the human rights situation is also improving. (08-JAN-04) 
 

With ´The day I will never forget,´ ducumenting the widespread practice of female circumcision in the Somali community in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya, Kim Longinotto, further reconciled her position as one of Europe´s finest documentarist. At the ´Human Rights in Film´ festival, she received may well have been her biggest honour to date; the prize for outstanding commitment to human rights in film. (15-DEC-03) 
  

For the third time, the Warsaw Human Rights House hosts the ´Human Rights in Film´ festival. This year, with more than 60 films, ranging from cinematic portraits, to feature length documentaries approaching their subject matter in an almost fictional narrative style, the festival is bigger and better than ever. (10-DEC-03)
    

In December 2003, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (HCHR BH) issued a statement describing the human rights situation in a selection of municipalities throughout Bosnia and  Herzegovina. The statement makes it clear that the rights to work, social welfare and health protection are among those most commonly violated. In some areas, the human rights situation is also improving. (08-JAN-04)