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Article 19, Civil Rights Defenders, Human Rights House Foundation, Human Rights Watch, International Media Support, Media Diversity Institute, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Open Society Foundations, PEN International, People in Need Organisation and Reporters without Borders writes to the president to express a profound concern regarding the continued harassment and intimidation of investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova and the resulting interference in her work.

Recently uncovered information about the US “PRISM” programme revealed that the scheme may also have targeted Polish nationals. The HFHR has expressed its concern over these disturbing reports and has sent written statements to the Sejm committees, the Minister of Administration and Digitisation, and the Minister of Interior, asking about what action has been taken to protect the privacy of Polish citizens on the Internet.

The human rights situation in Belarus “is still difficult and remains of a great concern.” This is stated in the report, which was prepared by Justas Paleckis, the rapporteur of the European Parliament (EP) Delegation for relations with Belarus , for the Council of the EU, the European Commission and the External Action Service.

Сітуацыя з правамі чалавека ў Беларусі «застаецца сумнай і выклікае асцярогу». Пра гэта гаворыцца ў справаздачы, якую дакладчык дэлегацыі Еўрапарламента (ЕП) па Беларусі Юстас Палецкіс падрыхтаваў для Савета ЕС, Еўракамісіі і Службы знешніх дзеянняў.

When: Tuesday, 8. October 2013 6 pm To: Tuesday, 8. October 2013 Where: Geneva Host: Uni-Dufour More info: www.martinennalsaward.org/.

The charges were brought in the aftermath of a controversy surrounding the article “ABC milionera” (Millionaire’s ABC) published in “Tygodnik” in September 2009. Authors of the article, Paweł Pełka, Rafał Gratkowski and the paper’s editor-in-chief Beata Zalot, quoted a letter sent by a reader of the magazine who accused the businessman, a former mayor of Zakopane, of using unfair commercial practices in real property purchases.

Newly, Ukraine was under review at the Human Rights Committe in Geneva. -This review has outlined how urgent it is for the country to adopt a human rights plan and concrete steps to implement it, says Florian Irminger, Head of Advocay in Human Rights House Foundation.

In JUly, the Strasbourg Court proclaimed judgement in the case of Remuszko v. Poland. The ruling concerned the freedom of speech aspect of the relations between advertisers and press publishers. The ECtHR held that Poland had not violated the European Convention on Human Rights.

On 31 July, the new name of the Belarusian Human Rights House in Vilnius was approved. Now the official name is the Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House. The name has been changed in honour of the prominent human rights defender, co-founder and the first president of the Belarusian Human Rights House, who has passed away in 2012 after a serious and long illness.

Ex-defense minister and former interior minister, Bacho Akhalaia, was found not guilty of charges involving exceeding official powers, illegal confinement and torture into three separate cases. However, he remains detained pending separate trial.

31 ліпеня была афіцыйна зацверджаная новая назва Беларускага Дома правоў чалавека ў Вільні – Беларускі дом правоў чалавека імя Барыса Звозскава. Назва змененая ў гонар выбітнога праваабаронцы, аднаго з заснавальнікаў і першага прэзідэнта Беларускага Дома правоў чалавека, які у 2012 годзе памер пасля цяжкай і доўгай хваробы.

Яшчэ раз, мы заклікаем улады Рэспублікі Беларусь неадкладна і безумоўна вызваліць Алеся Бяляцкага. Ён утрымліваецца пад вартай з 4 жніўня 2011 года.