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On 29 September 2010 UN Human Rights Committee published Concluding Observations on Republic of Poland. They were adopted as a result of the consideration of the Committee of the sixth periodic report of Republic of Poland (CCPR/C/POL/6) at its meetings with Polish delegation held on 12 and 13 October 2010.

Belarusian HRH has signed a joint statement, calling upon the Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Republic of Poland and Germany to support values of democracy and human rights during their joint visit to Minsk. The statement was approved by Belarusian HR defenders and supported by various European organisations.

Беларускі Дом правоў чалавека далучыўся да заявы, у якой заклікаў Радослава Сікорскага і Гіда Вэстэрвэле падчас візіту ў Беларусь падтрымаць каштоўнасці дэмакратыі і правоў чалавека. Заяву напярэдадні прыезду двух міністраў замежных спраў у Мінск падтрымалі арганізацыі розных еўрапейскіх краін.

Today marks two years since the arrest of Canadian-Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan in his parents’ home in Tehran. Index on Censorship, Article 19 and other organisations join in condemnation of Iran’s treatment of Derakhshan, sentenced to 19 and a half years for his writing and calls to sign the petition to free him.

A court in China’s western region of Xinjiang, which was rocked by ethnic violence in 2009, appears to be stalling an appeal hearing in the case of an ethnic Uyghur journalist handed a 15-year jail term, Radio Free Asia reports. Gheyret Niyaz a 51-year-old journalist and webmaster was accused of criticizing the Chinese authorities in 2009 and was given 15 years in jail.

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in BiH elects new president in November

We are very pleased to invite you to the international conference ‘Media Ownership, Freedom of Speech, and the Democratic Debate’ organized as a part of Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights project called “Freedom of Media Observatory in Poland”.

Recent violations against human rights defenders in Ukraine raise concerns about their safety. Two cases of assaults against activists Dmytro Groysman and Andrei Fedosov, right, point to a worsening climate for human rights in the country and for those who seek to defend them.

Concerned about the increased repressions of human rights defenders, journalists and academics in Ukraine, 45 organisations, most of them members of the Human Rights House Network, issued a letter of concern today, calling upon the Ukrainian authorities to respect their international human rights obligations.

Burma goes to vote on 7 November, twenty years after the previous election was rejected by the regime.

On 31 October eight Norwegian organizations will show their solidarity with Russian pro-democracy NGOs by gathering in front of parliament and claiming democracy in Russia.

Семинар будет проводиться в рамках проекта «Предотвращение пыток и жестокого унижающего человеческое достоинство обращения в закрытых учреждениях России».