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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».

Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia holds a seminar ‘How to treat people with mental disorders’ in cooperation with Perm Human Rights Center. The seminar is aimed at prevention of violation of rights of citizens with mental disorders, more effective protection of their rights, prevention of tortures, violent humiliating treatment of this category of citizens including rude treatment by staff of hospitals. The main target group is human rights defenders.

Polish officials investigating a now-shuttered secret CIA prison in this country have given a Saudi terror suspect victim status, a legal advance in the detainee’s effort to show he was mistreated by interrogators, officials said Wednesday. Legal experts said Poland’s move to grant the status of victim to Abn al-Rahim al-Nashiri recognizes the validity of his claims even as U.S. courts have refused to allow cases involving rendition to move forward for national security reasons.

Collecting signatures for presidential hopefuls has been the main political event in the country for a month already. To be registered as a candidate one has to collect 100.000 signatures of Belarusian citizens. Incumbent Lukashenka was the first to reach the threshold. To do so his campaign office used nearly criminal practices of exploiting state employees, school teachers and medical staff.

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”.

Eleven international freedom of expression organisations have submitted an open letter to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev calling for the immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned Editor-in-chief Eynulla Fatullayev. Fatullayev’s continued imprisonment constitutes a breach of Azerbaijan’s international legal commitments and a violation of Fatullayev’s rights.

Збор подпісаў за кандыдатаў на пасаду прэзідэнта ідзе ў краіне амаль месяц. Паводле заканадаўства, кожны з кандыдатаў павінен сабраць не менш за 100000 подпісаў. Першым, хто зрабіў гэта, стаў дзейны прэзідэнт краіны А. Лукашэнка. Зрабіць гэта дапамагла антызаконная эксплуатацыя паднявольных дзяржслужбоўцаў, настаўнікаў ды ўрачоў.

On the 100th session of the UN Human Rights Committee held in Geneva on October 13-14 2010, the Human Rights Committee recognised the answers of the Polish Government to the list of issues prepared in connection with the VI Periodic Report on the realisation of the resolutions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

At its 45th session, the United Nations Committee against Torture will review Ethiopia. The government submitted its initial report to the Committee. This will be the first review of Ethiopia at the Committee against Torture.