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A mission of more than 30 Belarusian, Lithuanian and Swedish young election observers are heading for Republic of Poland for this weekend. The monitors are going to observe the quality of election as Poles are voting for a new Head of State after the death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash in the Russian Federation.

The UN human rights apparatus is looking into Armenia’s human rights situation from several angles: after its Universal Periodic Review in May, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders is currently visiting Republic of Armenia. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is planning a similar visit, and the UN Committee Against Torture will soon review the country.

На маючых адбыцца датэрміновых прэзідэнцкіх выбарах у суседняй краіне – дэсант беларускіх, літоўскіх і шведскіх маладых назіральнікаў. Група з больш як 30 чалавек, пераважна актывістаў беларускіх НГА і студэнтаў ЕГУ, наведае Варшаву, Беласток і іншыя мясціны Польшчы з мэтай ацаніць якасць працэсу галасавання і падліку галасоў.

According to Human Rights Watch, two Tibetan environmentalists, Jigme Namgyal and Rinchen Samdrup, have been in detention in Tibet since August 2009. Karma Samdrup, a prominent Tibetan environmental philanthropist, one of China’s leading collectors of Tibetan art, and founder of the award-winning Three Rivers Environmental Protection group, was seeking his brothers’ release and was himself arrested on January 3, 2010.

On 10 June, the Assembly of Pro-Democratic NGOs of Republic of Belarus, together with the Belarusian Human Rights House in Vilnius, held a briefing “Art. 193-1: Criminal Prosecution for NGOs’ Activity in Belarus”. The event took place several hours before the start of IV Regional Congress of NGOs, which gathered representatives of Central and Eastern Europe,
Caucasus and Baltic States in Vilnius.

10 чэрвеня Асамблея няўрадавых дэмакратычных арганізацыяў супольна з Домам правоў чалавека ў Вільні зладзілі брыфінг на тэму “Артыкул 193-1: крымінальная адказнасьць за дзейнасьць NGO ў Беларусі”. Мерапрыемства адбылося за некалькі гадзінаў да пачатку IV рэгіянальнага кангрэсу НДА, на які з]ехаліся прадстаўнікі арганізацыяў Цэнтральна-Ўсходняй Эўропы, Каўказу і Балтыі.

Recently proposed new Law on Electronic Communications, brought up many negative reactions coming both, from civic and from political sector in the Republic of Macedonia, calling it a threat to citizens’ privacy and attempt of the government to create a police state.

When: Tuesday, 15. June 2010 To: Thursday, 17. June 2010 Where: Yerevan, Armenia, United Nations in Armenia Host: UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Contact: Florian Irminger, Head of HRHF’s Geneva office (

When: Monday, 14. June 2010 To: Friday, 18. June 2010 Where: Armenia Host: UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Contact: Florian Irminger, Head of HRHF Geneva office (

Quotes costs Turkish journalist prison sentence. A court in Istanbul has sentenced journalist Irfan Aktan to 15 months in prison for his article “Weather Forecast in the Region and in Kandil: There Can be No Solution without a Struggle” published in the bi-monthly journal Express.

In the world rankings State of Eritrea is classified as a country performing weakest in protection of individual’s freedom and press freedom. There is no independent civil society, no independent media and no human rights organizations in State of Eritrea today.

Meeting with Thant Myint-U, author of The River of Lost footsteps.