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Whilst holding the chairmanship of the Council of Europe, the authorities of Azerbaijan are leading an unprecedented crackdown against civil society by arresting, one after the other, key critics of the country’s leadership, including well-known human rights defenders in the last few weeks. The European Parliament strongly addressed the situation in its resolution of today.

Homeless people have been sheltering tents set up in Moscow Avenue in Tbilisi since December 2013. The Government of Georgia announced the initiative after nongovernmental organizations raised the issue very urgently. In extremely cold winter of 2013-2014, 12 tents for 80 persons were set up in Moscow Avenue. Since then, people permanently go to the tents at night and sleep there if they have nowhere else to go.

Прадстаўлены ў офіс Вярхоўнага камісара ААН па правах чалавека даклад змяшчае агляд сітуацыі з правамі чалавека ў Беларусі. Адзначыўшы пэўныя крокі па выкананні рэкамендацый, дадзеных па выніках першага цыкла УПА і прынятых Беларуссю, праваабаронцы выказалі заклапочанасць адсутнасцю рэальнага прагрэсу па ключавых праблемных сферах з правамі чалавека ў краіне.

A report recently published by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), an alliance of non-governmental organisations acting for refugees, revealed the persistent gaps between the theory and realities of a Common European Asylum System. The report reviews the situation of refugees in 15 Member States of the European Union. The section of the report about Poland was based on information provided by lawyers working with the HFHR.

On 26 September at 15.00 in the Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House (Vilnius, Latako g.3) the photo exhibition “Revolution of dignity – in the heart of the events” will be opened, where the pictures of Kiev protests of the late 2013- early 2014 from a photographer Marianna Hardy (Chernihiv, Ukraine) will be presented.

26 верасня ў 15.00 у Беларускім доме правоў чалавека імя Барыса Звозскава адбудецца адкрыццё фотавыставы “Рэвалюцыя годнасці – у эпіцэнтры падзей», у межах якой будуць прадстаўленыя здымкі кіеўскіх пратэстаў канца 2013- пачатку 2014гг. ад фотакарэспандэнта Марыяны Хардзі(Чарнігаў, Україна).

In the judgment entered in Z. v. Poland the European Court of Human Rights held that it is the state’s duty to take all necessary steps to ensure the exercise of a person’s right to family life, including the right of parental contact with a child. The ECtHR decided the case four years ago. Since that time Poland has taken a number of actions in order to enforce the judgment. However, in the Foundation’s assessment, these actions fell short of the objective of the full implementation of the decision

Endy Gęsina-Torres, a journalist working for Polish national television broadcaster TVP, has been ordered to pay a fine of PLN 2,000 by the Regional Court in Białystok. Last year, Mr Gęsina-Torres orchestrated a journalistic sting to reveal the allegedly abhorrent conditions at the Guarded Centre for Foreigners in Białystok and spent three weeks as an inmate of the facility.

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has published the text of the Protocol, based on the results of consultations of the Trilateral contact group regarding joint steps towards implementation of the Peace Plan of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and initiatives of President of Russia Vladimir Putin, that has been signed on 5 September in Minsk.

Promoting a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders: The OSCE/ODIHR Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

We expect you Mr High Commissioner to always be principled and vocal, avoid double-standards, and hold powerful States as accountable for human rights violations as those you might identify as friendly ones. We see a worrisome trend in the Office of the High Commissioner to neglect human rights violations in Europe. We strongly welcome though the work done by your Office since April in Ukraine.

Арганізацыя па бяспецы і супрацы ў Еўропе апублікавала тэкст Пратаколу па выніках кансультацыяў трохбаковай кантактнай групы па сумесных кроках, накіраваных на імплементацыю мірнага плану прэзідэнта Украіны Пятра Парашэнкі і ініцыятываў прэзідэнта Расіі Ўладзіміра Пуціна, што быў падпісаны 5 верасня ў Менску.