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Pro-Svetsik campaign to combat persecution of HR defenders
Participants of the Bring International Standards Home Project which is implemented by the Belarusian HRH and HRH Network, have started a campaign to support Leanid Svetsik. Human rights defenders spread their messages in various Belarusian media sources expressing their solidarity with Svetsik and condemning the Belarusian authorities for persecution of HR defenders in the country.
Structural problem of overcrowding in Polish prisons
On 22 October 2009, the European Court of Human Rights passed judgements in the cases Orchowski v. Republic of Poland (application no. 17885/04) and Norbert Sikorski v. Republic of Poland (no. 17599/05). The Court judged that there was a violation of Article 3 of the Convention.
Кампанія ў падтрымку Свеціка і супраць пераследу праваабаронцаў
Удзельнікамі праекта «Выкананне міжнародных стандартаў у нацыянальнай судовай практыцы», што ажыццяўляецца ў межах Беларускага ДПЧ, распачата кампанія ў падтрымку Леаніда Свеціка. Праваабаронцы выразілі салідарнасць са Свецікам і асудзілі дзеянні беларускіх уладаў адносна пераследу праваабаронцаў на Беларусі, выказаўшыся на гэтую тэму ў разнастайных СМІ.
Amnesty protesting against HR violations by Shell in Nigeria
Amnesty International activists campaigned yesterday on Shell stations across the country with the requirement: Clean up in Nigeria. Starting with the kick-off yesterday, over 300 activists will take part in actions near 60 petrol stations during the promotion month.
The second Race for the Cure in Sarajevo
Race for the Cure was organized in the beginning of October by local partner, Association Renesansa, for the second time in Sarajevo, with specific aim this year to collect means for medical treatment of one woman who is on the waiting list for the cure against breast cancer, Herceptin.
Media law stakeholders push for amendment of the law in Somalia
Journalists, media owners, lawyers, government officials, members of civil society and parliamentarians want the Media Law passed in December 2007 by transitional federal parliament amended forthwith.
Election observation project available on the web
The webpage of the „Election Observation: Theory and Practice“ project www.eotp.info has been officially launched.
Meet Kerry Cook! Evening event
Kerry Max Cook, US, spent 22 years on death row for a crime he did not commit.
Meet Kerry Cook! Evening event
Kerry Max Cook, US, spent 22 years on death row for a crime he did not commit.
Opening: Niger Delta exhibition at CMI
When: Monday, 16. November 2009 Where: Bergen, Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) Host: Amnesty International Region West, Jekteviksbakken 31 More info: www.amnesty.no/web.nsf/pages/8B84871584AAFBDAC12573D00045AF9C Chr. Michelsen InstituteP.O. Box 6033, N-5892 Bergen, NorwayStreet address: Jekteviksbakken 31Phone: +47 47 93 80 00Fax: +47 55 31 03 13E-mail: cmi@cmi.no
“Anti-Homosexuality” bill endangers the defence of health and sexual rights in Uganda
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), denounces the submission of a bill to the Ugandan Parliament that would, if approved, considerably restrict the activities of human rights defenders and NGOs in the Republic of Uganda, and punish the so-called “promotion” of homosexuality with imprisonment.
US: courts confused over ‘incitement to murder’
You have no right to ask someone to commit a murder, obviously, but it’s hard to say if the right to extol or encourage murder is protected. A few days prior to her performance at the Battle of Ideas, Index on Censorship republished a post of an American lawyer Wendy Kaminer, right, reflecting on how US courts struggle to distinguish between incitement, threats and mere advocacy of violence.