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The 23 November elections to the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia were conducted generally in line with OSCE commitments and international standards for democratic elections. However, some issues remain to be addressed, concluded the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Election Observation Mission (EOM).

Для беларускага трэцяга сектара сыходзячы 2009 год адзначыўся як багаты на падзеі, супрацьлеглыя па сваіх ідэалагічных накірунках: аўтарытарныя тэндэнцыі ішлі рука аб руку з адлігай лібералізацыі. Які ж з накірункаў быў больш заўважным і моцным на агульным сацыяльна-палітычным полі краіны?

Основная часть материалов, собранных в последнем выпуске «ДОШ» уходящего года, посвящена 15-летию начала так называемой первой войны, когда 11 декабря 1994 года с трех направлений в сторону Чеченской республики двинулись российские войска.

Three editors at the weekly Amharic The Reporter newspaper have accused the owner and publisher of interfering with their editorial independence by dictating to them what to write. Ethiopia’s new media law stipulates that media professionals should be free from the influence of media owners.

In 2009, Index on Censorship, English PEN and ARTICLE 19 became part of the Free Word Centre, an international centre for literature, literacy and free expression. The three organisations played a leading and formative role in the development of the centre. Here is a summary of the NGOs’ activities in 2009.

2009 Rafto Prize for a journalist from Republic of Azerbaijan, release of a documentary describing North Korean concentration camps, demonstration in Bergen calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and a free Burma and release of DVD presenting 2008 Rafto Prize winner’s Pastor’s Bulambo’s work in DR Congo were the main activities of the Rafto House in Bergen. We suggest a summary of the NGOs’ activities in 2009.

HRH in Oslo celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2009 and moved to a new building. Living in peace and in safety, the eight organisations of the House had multiple initivatives this year in different areas mostly dedicated to human rights abroad. They also served as coorganisers of campaigns and forums. Find a summary of our partner NGOs’ activities in 2009 herein.

Ramirez, Miranda, Martinez, Montanez, Martín, Barrón, Ortega, Hernandez, Ibarra, Mendez, Vázquez, Robles. The killing of 12 journalists in Mexico this year and the failure to bring murderers to justice poses a serious problem for Mexican democracy, argues Ángel García Català in a comment ‘Mexico: democracy without voice’ for Index on Censorship.

From 23 to 25 December Belarusian HRH hosted a conference Possibilities of Preventive HR Defence. Representatives of various organisations from Republic of Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine and the Russian Federation shared their views and exchanged ideas.

Police on Saturday released 22 civil society activists, including two elderly women, who were arrested on Christmas eve for alleged illegal assembly. The group led by Okiya Okoiti Omtatah was arrested along Aga Khan Walk as they prepared to march to the Prime Minister’s office at the Treasury and later to the Education ministry headquarters at Jogoo House to protest the theft of money at the ministry.

З 23 па 25 снежня ў беларускім Доме правоў чалавека праходзіць праваабарончая канферэнцыя па тэме «Магчымасці прэвентыўнай абароны правоў. Удзельнікі мерапрыемства – прадстаўнікі розных праваабароннчых арганізацый з Беларусі, Літвы, Украіны, Расіі.

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Georgia.