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Human Rights Watch and Human Rights House Foundation invite to a panel discussion: ‘Human Rights Situation in Azerbaijan’. The discussion is sponsored by Christoph Strässer, PACE Rapporteur on Political Prisoners in Azerbaijan. Ane Tusvik Bonde, HRHF’s regional manager for Caucasus and Eastern Europe, will chair the discussion.

Norwegian authorities call on Norwegian companies not to invest in Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar), while Norway is complicit in grave human rights abuses through the state owned Pension Fund’s investments in controversial companies in the Burmese oil and gas sector, says the Norwegian Burma Committee.

English PEN condemns the arrests of prominent Iranian and Belarusian writers Nasrin Sotoudeh and Vladimir Neklyaev, detention of many Tunisian bloggers, imprisonment of Yemeni journalist and mourns the death of Chinese writer, poet and playwright Zhang Jianhong (aka Li Hong), who had died shortly after his release from the prison. Turkish writer and sociologist, Pinar Selek, if found guilty, faces up to 36 years in prison.

On 12 January 2011 the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights appealed to the Polish Prime Minister to condemn the new media law in Hungary. The Media Act which came into force on 1 January 2011 is a subject of serious doubts referring to its compliance with the standards of freedom of speech and guarantees of independent media.

We should talk about about the past, presence and future of the Polish National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution (Krajowa Szkoła Sądownictwa i Prokuratury, KSSiP). Why is it so important? Because all the problems we have encountered so far, all the flashpoints that have appeared should give an indication that the KSSiP deserves and needs robust reforms.

Discussion of a case in Pavlovsky Foster Home in St.Petersburg and other similar cases.
It is not easy to get to know what in psycho neurological hospitals for enabled people is going on. The tragedy in Pavlovsky Hospital came to light accidentally, owing to volunteers’ activity.

О случае в Павловском интернате г. Санкт-Петербурга и других подобных ситуациях.
Узнать о том, что происходит в психоневрологических интернатах для инвалидов, практически невозможно. Трагическая ситуация с воспитанниками интерната в Павловске стала известна случайно, благодаря действиям волонтеров.

On 19 January 2011, Sovetsky District Court penalized the participants of the Human Rights House Network project “Electronic Human Rights Education for Lawyers”, human rights defenders Nadezhda Nizovkina and Tatiana Stetsura. The court ordered a fine of 100 thousand rubles each for violations to Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

19 января 2011 Советский районный суд оштрафовал двух участниц проекта Фонда Домов Прав Человека «Дистанционное обучение адвокатов правам человека», правозащитниц, Надежду Низовкину и Татьяну Стецуру. Они были признаны виновными в совершении преступления, предусмотренного ч.1 ст.282 УК РФ и приговорены к выплате штрафа в размере 100 тыс.руб. с каждой.

The Ukrainian parliament has adopted an Access to Information Law following a campaign by Article 19 and other organisations over the past two years. The new law contains several progressive provisions like requirement to publish certain types of information without any individual request. The law will take effect only after being signed by President Viktor Yanukovych.

На базе Дома правоў чалавека ў Вільні прайшла прэс-канферэнцыя Міжнароднай назіральнай місіі Камітэта міжнароднага кантролю за сітуацыяй з правамі чалавека ў Беларусі. Праваабаронцы з Беларусі, Расеі і іншых краін падзяліліся сваімі меркаваннямі, як спыніць “вал рэпрэсій”, што вось ужо месяц пасля прэзідэнцкіх выбараў у краіне хапае ўсё новых ахвяр.

Выйшла аналітычная даведка, падрыхтаваная міжнароднай назіральнай місіяй Камітэта міжнароднага кантролю за сітуацыяй з правамі чалавека ў Беларусі. Дакумент уяўляе сабою сістэматызаваную падборку фактаў умяшання ў дзейнасць журналісцкай супольнасці.