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Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in FYR Macedonia (HCHR) wrote a public appeal in regards to November 16th, International Day of Tolerance, in which they call for more tolerant Macedonian society.

Human Rights House Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, member of the Human Rights House Network, seeks international support in its fight against continuous oppression of the freedom of expression in the Croatian media, especially its public services.

Omer has reported for numerous international media outlets, including the Washington Report, Inter Press Service, Ny Tid and Morgenbladet, and worked for Norwegian People’s Aid in Gaza; he also founded the Rafah Today blog. The prize by Norwegian PEN was awarded on 16 November at House of Literature, Oslo.

The Fish Elsewhere! campaign has launched a petition which calls on the EU to immediately halt all fishing in the waters of occupied Western Sahara. The current EU fishing offshore occupied Western Sahara – which Morocco occupied in 1975 – is clearly undermining the UN peace efforts, the campaigners say.

Statement by Malahat NASIBOVA, Director of the “Democracy and NGOs Development Resource Centre”; Winner of the 2009 International RAFTO prize for Human Rights.

34 members of the Human Rights House Network sent a letter of concern to the Azerbaijani authorities today, condemning the unfair sentence of the two bloggers on 11 November and deploring the deterioration of freedom of expression in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

9 лістапада скончыўся тэрмін падачы альтэрнатыўных дакладаў па сітуацыі з правамі чалавека ў краіне. Сваё бачанне сітуацыі ў Жэневу даслалі вядучыя беларускія праваабарончыя НГА, а таксама Міжнародная камісія юрыстаў.

The Norwegian Embassy in Baku has issued a statement regretting the court’s ruling to imprison two young bloggers – Emin (Milli) Abdullayev and Adnan Hajizade, right.

As Index on Censorship and English Pen launch “Free Speech is Not For Sale”, a damning report on English libel laws, John Kampfner highlights the pressing need for reform: “London is the global centre of libel tourism. From Middle Eastern potentates to Russian oligarchs, the rich and powerful use our legal system to bully people.”

Malnutrition kills between 3.5 and 5 million children under five each year. A new report from Doctors Without Borders reveals that the world’s richest countries overall spend only $350 million to combat the problem, or 3 percent of World Bank’s recommendation.

The state of Bosnia and Herzegovina has recently released a draft of the National report for the UPR. However, on a public debate which was organized by the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees (MHRR) last week, the country’s NGO sector criticized collectively its content.

In their submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Republic of Belarus, International Comission of Jurists stressed the key importance of this review about to happen in May 2010, given “the persistent failure of Republic of Belarus to meet many of its international human rights obligations”. Key Belarusian human rights NGOs have also presented their vision of situation.