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-The observations on the pre-election period and the election day reported by Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) are also reflected in the reports by independent national observers in Azerbaijan, says Maria Dahle, executive director of Human Rights House Foundation.

On 10 October 2013, ten years passed since the death of Marek Nowicki, a human rights advocate, a superb teacher, the first President of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and, most of all, our great Friend.

– I am deeply disappointed by the rulings of Belarusian courts which continue to hand down death sentences to the country’s citizens, The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklos Haraszti, says, expressing his regret regarding the decision of the country’s Supreme Court.

The Cuban girl was born in 2010 in Poland but she acquired neither Polish nor Cuban citizenship. As a result, the girl was stateless for three years. According to Cuban law, proceedings leading to the acquisition of Cuban citizenship must take place in Cuba. The proceedings take at least three months and during the period at least one parent of the child must be present in Cuba.

22 human rights organisations, including Human Rights House Foundation, call upon Azerbaijan to take immediate action to ensure that fundamental rights are protected during the ongoing presidential election and to ensure the election is free and fair.

Belarusian human rights defenders and lawyers, trained in the framework of the “International Law in Advocacy” program, presented their projects in the field of human rights protection and invited colleagues to join their implementation during the event in Vilnius.

Беларуские адвокаты и правозащитники, прошедшие обучение в рамках программы “Международное право для защиты общественных интересов”, в Вильнюсе представили свои проекты в области защиты прав человека и пригласили коллег присоединиться к их реализации.

-Azerbaijan’s government must respect the responsibility of journalists to document events and report the views of citizens, especially in the run-up to the presidential election, the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) says in a statement.

The Competition’s award committee chaired by Professor Ewa Łętowska granted one third place award and two special prizes. The laureate of the third place award is Tomasz Dudek, graduate of the Institute of International Relations, the University of Warsaw, who wrote his master’s thesis entitled “The methods of interpretation of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on the example of cases concerning discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation”.

The opening of the musical project “The Last Dawn”, whose members advocate for an end to the practice of the death penalty in Belarus will take place on 5 October on the live air of the web portal tut.by ad the internet editions naviny.by and “Nasha Niva”. The live air will started at 7 p.m.

Прэм’ера музычнага праекту “Апошні золак”, удзельнікі якога выступаюць за спыненне практыкі смяротнага пакарання ў Беларусі, адбудзецца 5 кастрычніка ў жывым эфіры партала TUT.by і інтэрнэт-выданняў Naviny.by і “Наша ніва”. Пачнецца трансляцыя ў 19 гадзін па беларускім часе.

When: Thursday, 7. November 2013 To: Friday, 8. November 2013 Where: Budapest More info: www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs