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The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomes with great joy the resolution of the UN Human Rights Council to renew today, Friday 2 October 2009, the mandate of the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Republic of Somalia, Dr. Shamsul Bari. NUSOJ also calls on the UN body to turn its commitment in the Republic of Somalia into action.

The European Court has found the Russian Federation responsible for the enforced disappearance of a young Chechen man from the village of Mesker-Yurt, the Chechen Republic, Russian Justice Initiative said today.

From 28 September to 9 October the OSCE conference on Human Dimension is taking place in Warsaw. Amongst other topics Belarusian problems are on the agenda, in particular the question of torture. Representative of the official Minsk declared their willingness to repeal criminal penalties for activities of unregistered NGOs.

The East and Horn of African Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) will today call on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to ensure that the recognition shown by Council representatives of the gravity of the human rights crisis in the Republic of Somalia during this Council session is converted into concrete action aimed at ending impunity and establishing a permanent international human rights presence in the Republic of Somalia.

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the suspension from work of three journalists who are reporters of the Voice of America (VOA) Somali Service in Puntland regions of northeastern Republic of Somalia.

In the wee hours of one Saturday morning, Mary Serumaga was woken up by a disturbing phone call. Her younger brother Robert Kalundi Serumaga, right, had just been abducted by four unknown gun-wielding men the previous night.

The European Court has found the Russian Federation responsible for the enforced disappearance of a young Chechen man from the village of Mesker-Yurt, the Chechen Republic, Russian Justice Initiative said today. The case, Amanat Ilyasova v the Russian Federation, was brought by the parents and wife of Musa Ilyasov, who was abducted from his home in August 2002.

On 24 September 2009 The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights hosted a meeting with Antoni Słodkowski, who gave a lecture entitled “BURMA: political prisoners and labour camps”. The meeting was organized by the Viridairium.

З 28 верасня па 9 кастрычніка ў Варшаве праходзіць канферэнцыя АБСЕ па чалавечым вымярэнні. У тым ліку ўвага надаецца і праблемам, звязаным з Беларуссю, у прыватнасці – тэме катаванняў. Шматабяцальную заяву зрабілі прадстаўнікі афіцыйнага Менску – пра намер скасаваць крымінальную адказнасць за дзейнасць ад імя незарэгістраванай арганізацыі.

Lars August Christensen, Chairperson of the Norwegian Board of the Human Rights House Foundation, Supreme Court Lawyer and Senior Partner of the law firm Wikborg, Rein & Co, Maria Dahle, Executive Director, Ane Tuskiv Bonde, Regional Manager and Florian Irminger, Head of Office in Geneva, Switzerland of Human Rights House Foundation visited Republic of Azerbaijan on 26-28 September 2009.

HRH Sarajevo has published 500 samples of the UPR brochure which contains Bosnian and English version of the Final NGO Report for UPR of Bosnia and Herzegovina, submitted in September 2009.

The right to know has changed lives. Members of the public have become re-engaged in democracy, with new tools to question unworkable policies, unveil hidden statistics, and uncover corrupt practices. ARTICLE 19 suggests a review of legislative updates since the last 28 September.