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-I am not a politician, said Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. -I am only a human being among many, a face in the crowd in Moscow, Chechnya, St. Petersburg and other places.

Elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina appear to have perpetuated the country’s persistent ethnic divisions. With the votes counted, results show that in the contest for the tripartite presidency, Muslim and Croatian voters have chosen moderates who favor cooperation, but in the Serbian entity, the winning candidate stands for separatism.

October 3 was the day for all the Tibetans in exile all over the world to exercise their right to vote. All the Tibetans in exile went to cast their ballots to nominate candidates for the post of Tibetan Prime Minister and the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile.

HRHF will participate at the OSCE Review Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 6-7 October, and attend the side event “Human Rights defenders in the NIS region: common threats and strategies of defence”. The side event is organized in cooperation with the International Youth Human Rights Movement. Representatives from the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders will also be present.

Human Rights Education in Schools

Republic of Kazakhstan is one of the few member states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) without an access to information law. As a result, public governance remains non-transparent. Free speech organisation Article 19 released its analysis of the draft Law on Access to Public Information which has been created by a group of Kazakhstani MPs and legal experts.

25 верасня беларуская праваабарончая супольнасць сабралася з амбіцыяй імкнуцца да большага ўзроўню прафесіяналізму і салідарнасці. Падчас дыскусіяў у камфортных умовах віленскага гатэля, удзельнікі другога Форуму часцяком прыгадвалі форум першы, што праходзіў у 2004 годзе ў лесе пад Мінскам ва ўмовах, блізкіх да экстрэмальных.

The Human Dimension Session of the 2010 OSCE Review conference takes place in Warsaw from 30 September – 8 October 2010. The conference gives an opportunity for non-governmental organizations to raise issues of democracy and human rights in plenary sessions of the representatives of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) participating states. Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) will actively use this possibility.

Today, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. The resolution not only recognizes that these freedoms are essential components of democracy, but also pays attention to their importance to the full enjoyment of civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural rights.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Republic of Azerbaijan guilty of violating the rights of Flora Karimova, an erstwhile joint candidate of the “Azadlig” Election Bloc, a coalition of major opposition parties for the 2005 parliamentary elections.

Equality Parade organised as a part of the international event “EuroPride” took place in Warsaw on the day of 17 July 2010. Ten representatives from the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights were present at the pride and were observing the course of the pride as well as actions taken by the Police.

На трэці дзень штогадовай канферэнцыі, што ладзіцца ў Беларускім ДПЧ у Вільні ўдзельнікаў чакала спецыяльная канферэнцыя, прысвечаная сітуацыі з правамі чалавека ў Беларусі і краінах Балтыі. Больш за 20 выступоўцаў, а таксама шырокая аўдыторыя мерапрыемства сталі вырашальнымі: прысутныя атрымалі шмат інфармацыі, выходзячай за межы “агульнай”.