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On Monday 8th October at The British Library the PEN Pinter Prize will be awarded to Carol Ann Duffy with introductions from Gillian Slovo and Melvin Bragg.

Join the Small Media Initiative for its second conference, Rethinking Small Media on 6-7 October.

Secretariat of the International Human Rights House Network – Human Rights House Foundation announces a call for Belarusian lawyers and advocates to participate in a study group on international human rights within the framework of “International law to protect the public interest” program.

29-30 сентября 2012 года в Москве состоится региональная конференция «Свобода слова и ассоциаций: От теории к практике» для адвокатов, правозащитников и экспертов из Азербайджана, Беларуси, Молдовы, Украины, России.

Секретариат Международной сети домов прав человека – Фонд домов прав человека – начинает набор белорусских юристов/адвокатов в группу по изучению международного права прав человека в рамках программы «Международное право для защиты общественных интересов».

The “Election Observation: Theory and Practice” project, which is is jointly implemented by Belarus Watch, European Humanities University and the Belarusian Human Rights House, invites you to take part in the observation of the parliamentary elections which will be held on 23 September 2012 in Belarus.

Праект «Назіранне за выбарамі: тэорыя і практыка», што рэалізуецца ў партнёрстве арганізацыяй «BelarusWatch», Еўрапейскім гуманітарным універсітэтам і Беларускім домам правоў чалавека, запрашае ўсіх жадаючых прыняць удзел у назіранні за парламенцкімі выбарамі ў Беларусі, якія адбудуцца 23 верасня 2012 г.

Illegal, inhuman and impervious to recession, there is one trade that continues to thrive, just out of sight. The international sex trade criss-crosses the entire globe, a sinister network made up of criminal masterminds, local handlers, blind politicians, eager consumers and countless women and children.

On Monday, August 6, Lithuanian and Belarusian civil society activists are coming to the embassy of Belarus in Lithuania to express the support and solidarity with Ales Bialiatski, head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” and vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), who was arrested on August 4, 2011 and later sentenced to four years and six months of imprisonment for his human rights activities.