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Brazil: Special Commission Passes Right to Information Bill
ARTICLE 19 urges Brazilian legislators to bring the bill on the right to information into line with international standards, including by taking into consideration civil society recommendations, and to concentrate efforts to adopt a final text of the Brazilian Right to Information Act during 2010.
MALI: Threat of eviction
Dozens of families on the outskirts of Bamako, the capital of Mali, are under threat of being evicted from their lands by the Government in favour of a housing project. The cultivation ban, ordered in July 2009, jeopardizes their right to adequate food. Moreover, if the eviction is realized, it will hinder the ability of the families to feed themselves in the long run.
The UPR: Bosnia & Herzegovina has to improve human rights situation
Late this month Bosnia and Herzegovina was reviewed in Geneva under the Universal Period Review of the UN Human Rights Council. Discrimination, situation of human rights defenders and freedom of expression, status of the national human rights institution, children and women rights, rights of sexual and national minorities, and issues of disabled, internally-displaced and missing persons are some of the issues mentioned. On all these issues, Bosnia and Herzegovina has to improve its situation.
Стартавала адукацыйная праграма: міжнародным стандартам юрысты будуць вучыцца на месцах
У беларускім Доме правоў чалавека з 19 па 21 лютага прайшоў усталёвачны семінар у межах адукацыйнай праграмы “Дыстанцыйнае навучанне адвакатаў правам чалавека” . 26 удзельнікаў з Беларусі цягам трох дзён, акрамя асноўнага занятку – навучання ў галіне правоў чалавека, – знаёміліся адзін з адным, а таксама асвойвалі прынцыпы дыстанцыйнага навучання, якім ім давядзецца карыстацца бліжэйшы год.
Siri Gloppen new Head of the Rafto Prize Committee
The new Head of the Rafto Prize Committee on 24 February 2010 became Siri Gloppen (45). Ms. Gloppen is a Professor at the University of Bergen and Research Director at the Christian Michelsen Institute.
Презентация доклада о ситуации с правами человека в Беларуси
4 марта 2010 года в Доме прав человека пройдет презентация доклада о текущей ситуации с правами человека в Беларуси. Доклад подготовлен белорусскими правозащитниками для процедуры универсального периодического обзора Беларуси в рамках Совета ООН по правам человека.
Presentation of the Belarusian UPR report
On 4 March 2010, the Belarusian Human Rights House will host the presentation of a report on the current human rights situation in the Republic of Belarus. The report was prepared by the Belarusian human rights defenders for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review.
Georgia: Journalist receives death threats from authorities
ARTICLE 19, together with other human rights organisations, urges the
Georgian government to stop pressurising and intimidating prominent Georgian investigative journalist Vakhtang Komakhidze.
HR defenders dialogue with officials is called off
On 19 February several HR organisations sent a letter to Belarusian law enforcement agencies with a dialogue proposition. They offered to discuss freedom of assembly and security measures during mass demonstrations especially what concerns creating legal and other obstacles for mass media covering these events.
Black PR campaign vs. NGOs in Georgia
Media PR Campaign has become an active tool for the Georgian government to discredit NGOs and human rights defenders in media outlets since December of 2009. National TV-Channels have released telecasts where human rights defenders were declared to be traitors.
Two days in life of independent journalists
16 and 17 February for independent journalists were marred as days of violations and persecutions. Two representatives of independent media were subjected to harsh treatment by law enforcement agencies. On 16 February, Yulia Darashkevich, a photo correspondent for Naša Niva, was held for three hours at the police station. Next day, Maryna Koktysh from Narodnaja Volia had her working place searched.