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16 студзеня 2012 г. ў 14.00 Беларускі Дом правоў чалавека (Літва) супольна з Праваабарончым цэнтрам “Вясна” (Беларусь) і Грамадзянская кампаніяй “Наш Дом” (Беларусь) запрашае на прэзентацыю кнігі, календара, дзіцячай размалёўкі, паштоўкі і шэрагу відэа кліпаў, прысвечаных удзельнікам Плошчы-2010 – мірнай акцыі пратэсту ў Беларусі 19 снежня 2010 г. супраць парушэнняў падчас выбараў прэзідэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь. Мірная дэманстрацыя была жорстка разагнаная міліцыяй, сотні людзей апынуліся за кратамі. Падзеі 19 снежня 2010 года распачалі беспрэцэдэнтную хвалю рэпрэсій у Беларусі, якія працягваюцца дагэтуль.

In October 2011, a number of writers and human rights activists were arrested in Turkey, including the famous and award-winning publisher, writer and activist Ragip Zarakolu.

The latest in a series of regular events, giving members the opportunity to debate the free speech issues of the moment.

This six-part course, led by Dr Sophie Mayer, will consider some of the best known and most dramatic challenges to free speech: attacks on poems, plays, novels and films.

The Rafto Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2012 Rafto Prize for Human Rights. Every year since 1987, the Rafto Foundation has awarded the Rafto Prize to advocates of human rights and democracy

The absence of information following several violent clashes on 16 December between police and demonstrators in Zhanaozen exemplifies Kazakhstan’s lack of progress in protecting and promoting the right to freedom of expression. Recently everal international NGOs including article 19, outlined necessary reforms that the Kazakh government must make to demonstrate its genuine commitment to democracy and uphold the rights to freedom of expression and information

On 6 January the amendments to the Administrative Offences Code and Code of Executive Procedures of Administrative Offences will come into force in Belarus. The amendments stipulate fines for violation of Internet filtering.

У Беларусі з 6 студзеня ўступаюць у сілу змяненні і дапаўненні ў Кодэкс аб адміністрацыйных правапарушэннях і Працэсуальна-выканаўчы кодэкс аб адміністрацыйных правапарушэннях, паводле якіх за парушэнні ў Інтэрнэце будуць штрафаваць.

The 12th annual Index Freedom of Expression Awards will be held on 28 March. They will honour those who, often at great personal risk, have given voice to issues and stories from around the globe that would otherwise have passed unnoticed.

In the first of a series of events between Index on Censorship and the Southbank Centre, South African novelist Nadine Gordimer will be speaking at the centre’s Literature and Spoken Word Festival on 14 March.

In January 2012 the amendment to the Criminal Enforcement Code came into force. The new legislation significantly modifies the law governing post-conviction proceedings. One of the key changes relates to the complaint procedure available for prisoners. The legislator considerably limited the principle of two-instance complaint proceedings. Under the new law, a convicted person may appeal against a judicial decision issued in the enforcement proceedings ‘only where a statute so provides’.

At least 14 people have been killed and 86 people wounded in clashes between police and demonstrators in the Mangistau region in Western Kazakhstan. The unrest follows seven months of conflicts between striking oil workers and authorities, and reportedly started in Zhanozen on 16 December, when people attacked a stage set up for the Independence Day event. – It is of paramount importance that investigations into the clashes and the resulting deaths are conducted in an independent and transparent way, said Bjørn Engesland, Secretary General of NHC