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On 24 September dozens of activists of the Election Observation: Theory and Practice (EOTP) youth project, who monitored the parliamentary election in Belarus at polling stations last week, were detained in Minsk.

Human Rights House Network, which represents 100 human rights organizations, expresses its solidarity and support to Ales Bialiatski and congratulates him on his 50th anniversary!

Сетка Дамоў Правоў Чалавека, якая прадстаўляе 100 арганізацый па правах чалавека, выказвае сваю салідарнасць і падтрымку Алесю Бяляцкаму і віншуе яго з 50-годдзем!

24 верасня ў Мінску затрыманыя некалькі дзесяткаў актывістаў маладзевага праекта “Назіранне за выбарамі: тэорыя і практыка”, якія напярэдадні ажыццяўлялі назіранне на выбарчых участках.

23 верасня ў Беларусі прайшлі парламенцкія выбары. Ніхто з прадстаўнікоў апазіцыі ў парламент не трапіў, а сам выбарчы працэс выклікаў шмат пытанняў у назіральнікаў, палітыкаў і грамадскіх актывістаў.

Four Somali journalists were killed last week within 24 hours. On 20 September three journalists were killed and at least four injured in a suicide bomb attack in a Mogadishu café. The next day the fourth journalist was shot by gunmen just hours after he had reported on the explosion in the café.

Secretariat of the International Human Rights House Network – Human Rights House Foundation announces a call for Belarusian lawyers and advocates to participate in a study group on international human rights within the framework of “International law to protect the public interest” program.

Video footages depicting grave abuses, beating and humiliation of prisoners by the prison guards were last week shown on Georgian TV channels.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, is travelling to the US for the first time since she was put under house arrest in 1990. The Nobel laureate, who begins her 18-day tour of the US on Monday, will be presented the Congressional Gold Medal and meet various members of the state department and possibly the White House. She will also hold meetings with various Burmese expatriates and groups across the US.

After nine years of peasant struggle, the Cacahuatepec Accords signed by the Governor of Guerrero, Ángel Aguirre Rivero, and the Council of Ejidos and Communities Opposing La Parota (CECOP) is a major step towards the definitive cancellation of the building of the hydroelectric dam.

On 18 September activists who organised a pre-election picket in Minsk, along with the journalists who covered it, were violently detained.

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.