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The Movement for Democracy and Rights for Ethnic Nationalities (MDREN) released a document, signed also by Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party analyzing Burma’s upcoming 2010 election and giving possible solutions. According to it, election will not bring democracy, security, or national reconciliation to the country. The reason is undemocratic 2008 Constitution.

Prosecution of crimes in ”Medak pocket” (military operation)

Examples of good practice in ethnic relations

The European Court of Human Rights ruled last week that the segregation of Roma in primary schools in Medjimurje, Republic of Croatia, was discriminatory. Fifteen Croatian nationals of Roma origin had complained to the Court in Strasbourg that they had been segregated at their primary schools because they belong to the Roma ethnicity.

The First Children’s Embassy in the World Megjashi organized the First National Children’s Conference for Child Participation on the 16th of March 2010, Tuesday, at the Youth Cultural Center, Cinema “Frosina”. The conference was a part of the project Building a Culture of Child Participation, financed by the European Union, and co-financed by UNICEF.

On the Day of Solidarity in the Republic of Belarus, 16 March 2010, searches were carried out in the offices of the web-site charter97.org and in the office of the independent newspaper “Narodnaya Volya”. The journalist Natalya Radzina was beaten during the raid.

ARTICLE 19 expresses its concerns about the ongoing trial of several staff of Dagestani independent weekly newspaper “Chernovik” and calls on the Government of the Russian Federation to abide by international and regional standards for freedom of expression.

A Burmese-born 41-year-old US citizen, political activist, who was sentenced in February 2010 to three years in prison with hard labour, has been released on 18 March 2010 by a Rangoon court.

17 сакавіка ў беларускім Доме правоў чалавека прайшоў паказ дакументальнай стужкі, прысвечанай гадавіне смерці Яны Паляковай, беларускай праваабаронцы. У прадстаўленым фільме, акрамя трагічнай гісторыі самагубства маладой жанчыны, яго аўтар задаецца больш шырокім пытаннем: хто такія беларускія праваабаронцы і з якімі праблемамі яны сутыкаюцца, працуючы на Беларусі?

Forty seven international, regional and national civil society organizations – including ARTICLE 19 – have written to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) expressing their opposition to draft resolutions on “combating defamation of religions” and on complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).

16 лютага у другой палове дня адзін за адным прашлі ператрусы у кватэрах незалежных журналістаў, а таксама на офісах недзяржаўных СМІ. У журналістаў былі адабраныя працоўныя матэрыялы, носьбіты інфармацыі і кампутары. А журналістка сайта “Хартыя-97” нават атрымала па твары – ад супрацоўніка міліцыі.

A 30-minute-long fake report by Imedi TV on March 13, as if Russian troops were advancing to Tbilisi, triggered panic and also wave of anger on the television station, which has a nationwide broadcasting.