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Участники Ежегодной встречи Сети домов прав человека 2010 года призывают государства-члены Совета по правам человека ООН к укреплению свободы ассоциаций и мирных собраний посредством создания мандата специальных процедур.

22-23 сентября 2010 года в Вильнюсе, Литва, Сеть домов прав человека проводит свою ежегодную встречу. 22 сентября участники встречи приняли заявление по ситуации с правами человека в Беларуси.

On 22-23 September 2010, the Human Rights House Network holds its annual meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania. On 22 September, the participants in the meeting adopted a statement on the human rights situation in the Republic of Belarus.

The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Human Rights Center (HRIDC), a member of OMCT SOS Network, that Mr. Vakhtang Maisaia, a political scientist and military expert, who was arrested for espionage on 5 May 2009, was severely beaten on 24 August 2010 in Gldani Prison #8 in Tbilisi.

Members of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders condemn the arrest of the participants of a peaceful flash mob action held on 14th of August on George W. Bush street in Tbilisi. The action was organized by young poets, Irakli Kakabadze, Shota Gagarin and Alex Chigviladze. Participants demanded renaming the street after the name of the famous American poet and humanists Walt Whitman and read poems by Whitman during the action.

To: The President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, Mr. Mevlüt Çavusoglu The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Mr. Thomas Hammarberg The President of the European Commission Mr. José Manuel Barroso The President of the European Parliament Mr. Jerzy Buzek

Tagansky district court of Moscow found the organizers of the exhibition in Sakharov Museum “Forbidden Art 2006”, former museum director Yury Samodurov and former director of the Department of High Technologies of Tretiakov Gallery Andrey Erofeev guilty of inciting religious hatred and enmity. Samodurov has been sentenced to pay a fine of 200’000 rubles and Erofeev has been sentenced to a fine of 150’000 rubles.

Таганский суд Москвы признал виновными организаторов выставки в Центре имени Сахарова “Запретное искусство – 2006” – экс-директора музея и общественного центра им. А.Д. Сахарова Юрия Самодурова и бывшего заведующего отделом новейших течений Третьяковской галереи Андрея Ерофеева – в возбуждении ненависти и вражды по религиозным признакам. Самодуров и Ерофеев приговорены к штрафам в 200 тыс. и 150 тыс. рублей соответственно.

42 human rights organisations and members of the Human Rights House Network condemn the 6 July 2010 decision by a Baku district court to convict Editor-in-chief Eynulla Fatullayev of drug possession and sentence him to two years and six months imprisonment.