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Aggravated homosexuality will be punished by death, according to a new bill tabled in Parliament yesterday. The private member’s bill was tabled by Ndorwa West MP David Bahati (NRM). A person commits aggravated homosexuality when the victim is a person with disability or below the age of 18, or when the offender is HIV-positive.

Mahammad Gurbanov, a 55-year-old resident of Nakhchivan City who was placed in a psychiatric hospital by police on 11 September 2009, was released on World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, after 29 days in detention.

Center for Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights Osijek, Nansen Dialogue Center Osijek, Luc Berak and Documenta Zagreb, have held two meetings (in Vukovar and in Pakrac) on behalf of the coalition for initiative for establishing a Regional Commission for Truth-seeking and Truth-telling About War Crimes (RECOM) in post-Yugoslav countries.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti condemned today recent criminal defamation trials in the Republic of Azerbaijan

A court ruling today affirmed popular science writer Simon Singh’s, right, right to free expression. He has been granted leave to appeal in the libel action brought against him by the British Chiropractic Association.

Although the Canton of Sarajevo is ahead of other cantons in Bosnia and Herzegovina with regards to the level of achieved realization of human rights and freedoms, according to the latest report of the Serbian Civic Council – Movement for Equality, the situation in the Canton is still not satisfying.

ARTICLE 19, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and Freedom Forum (FF) strongly condemn the Government of Nepal’s intentions to use journalists as informants, to help implement its Special Security Plan. This would significantly increase the already seriously hazardous working environment for journalists. It is also contrary to international standards, as well as the Agenda for Change, launched by ARTICLE 19, FNJ and FF in February 2009.

Another seminar within the program focuses on Council of Europe’s institutions, European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its additional protocols, European Court of Human Rights, decisions of UN Human Rights Committee considering freedom of expression, freedom of expression in Belarus de jure and de facto, etc.

On 8 October, seven Sahrawi advocates from Western Sahara were arrested by Moroccan police at the Mohamed V Airport in Casablanca, Morocco and remain in an undisclosed location. President of ASVDH Brahim Dahane, right, was among the arrested.

A unique chance to see a reading of the powerful play ‘Look Europe’ by the Iranian playwright Ghazi Rabihavi. The play is based on what happened to English PEN’s Honorary Member Faraj Sarkohi, editor of Adineh, the only independent journal in Iran, when he was arrested in 1996 and accused of spying.

16-18 октября 2009 года в Доме прав человека состоится очередная обучающая сессия в рамках программы “Применение международного права в правозащитной деятельности”.

On Monday 5 October, in Oslo, the Norwegian Tibet Committee and the
Norway – Nepal Association invited for an open Seminar on “Climate
and environmental challenges in the Himalayas”.