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On 1 March, the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) sent a letter to President Alexander Lukashenka of the Republic of Belarus. (2 March 2002) 

The Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly Sarajevo and NGO Information and Support Center have left their offices at the Human Rights House of Sarajevo due to financial problems. Two new organizations have moved in: The women’s organization “Zene zenama” and Association of Citizens “Youth Against AIDS.” (February, 2002)

February 7th the Egil Rafto Human Rights House will host a CBSS Seminar on Combating Contemporary Manifestations of Racism, Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia. (February, 2002)
 

The Norwegian People’s Aid in Bergen reacted strongly on the incident that occurred on a bus in Bergen January 17th. 30 asylum seekers from Vestlandsheimen refugee camp were left at the bus stop while a Norwegian passenger was allowed on board the bus. (February, 2002)
 

In November, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee arranged a conference with Macedonian NGO’s to strengthen cooperation between the organisations. Read the report (February, 2002)
 

Norway is a member of the UN Security Council from 2001 to 2003, and is President in March. Fourteen Norwegian human rights NGO’s have made a number of recommendations to the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Mr. Jan Petersen, on a number of issues of vital importance to international peace and security. (22 January 2002)
 

Igor Sutuagin, a researcher at the U.S. and Canada Institute in Moscow, was arrested in 1999 and charged with high treason. Write an appeal to the Supreme Court to demand his release. Read more  about the case. (01-Jan-2001)
 

In the twentieth century there was no single country in the world where as many citizens have been sent to prison as the Russian Federation. One in every four adult men in the Russian Federation is a former prisoner. The prison population has reached the size of the Stalin´s GULAG. Read more. (01-Jan-2002)
 

More than 7000 citizens adressed the free Legal Service at the Human Rights House of Sarajevo in 2001, asking for protection of their human rights. Read more (January, 2002)