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Letter to the Ombudsperson in Voronezh
In this letter, the Human Rights House Foundation, thanks the Ombudsperson in Voronezh for taking the time to meet in Voronezh, October. The Human Rights House Foundation appreciate the Ombudsperson`s moral support to the Human Rights House Voronezh and the Ombudspersons effort to solve the issues with the lease of municipal facilities.
HRHT Members Condemn Publication of Personal Data by Asaval-Dasavali Newspaper
Human Rights House Tbilisi’s member organizations condemn incitement to violence by the newspaper Asaval-Dasavali, which published personal data of Gldani Prison Personnel in their edition with the headline “Recognize the Butchers!”
Human Rights House Tbilisi’s Members Condemn Publication of Personal Data by Asaval-Dasavali
Human Rights House Tbilisi’s member organizations condemn incitement to violence by the newspaper Asaval-Dasavali, which published personal data of Gldani Prison Personnel in their edition with the headline “Recognize the Butchers!”
Call for release of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski
Call for the immediate release and dropping of the charges against human rights defender Ales Bialiatski and discontinuation of harassment and degrading treatment against him whilst in prison.
Concern about torture and ill treatment in Georgian prisons
Members and partners of Human Rights House Network are very concerned about footage of torture and ill treatment in Georgian prisons.
Special statement of NGOs on torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners in Georgia
Nongovernmental organizations condemn practice of torture and inhuman treatment in penitentiary system, request prompt investigation of the facts and to raise criminal and political responsibilities of perpetrators.
Verdict Against Pussy Riot
Various NGOs, including members of the Human Rights House Network, have together reacted against the verdict against the members of the Pussy Riot. We call for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich of the music band Pussy Riot to be released.
Guatemala: mining law and the rights of indegenous people
On July 20 the Maya and Xinca people, joint together in the Consejo de Pueblos de Occidente (Western Villages Council), presented their arguments for the general and total unconstitutionality of the Mining Law, contained in Decree 48-97, in a hearing before the Constitutional Court of Guatemala.
International NGOs express concern over violent agrarian conflict in Honduras
We, the international organizations signing below, would like to express our severe indignation regarding the three most recent murders of peasants in the context of the agrarian conflict in Bajo Aguán.