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A seminar with expert/ scholar contributions will be held in connection with the upcoming International Climate Conference in Copenhagen. (COP15)

An exhibition of photography, art and short documentary films. Exhibition ends on 6 November.

У Берасці адбыўся ўстаноўчы сход праваабарончага грамадскага аб’яднання “Берасцейская вясна”. Ён быў патрэбен для чарговай спробы зарэгістраваць аб’яднанне.

It was another mission within the project “Election Observation: Theory and Practice”. This time students of EHU and other Lithuanian higher schools, as well as members of Belarusian and Swedish NGOs were accredited as international observers at Parliamentary Election in Norway on 14 September. After observing polls in Eastern Europe, some participants were impressed by the “nearly perfect” Norwegian style of elections. Still, some things remain to be improved.

Адбылася яшчэ адна місія ў рамах праекту “Назіранне за выбарамі: тэорыя і практыка”. Гэтым разам – у Нарвегіі, дзе 14 верасня выбіралі парламент, а студэнты ЕГУ і іншых ВНУ Літвы, прадстаўнікі беларускіх і шведскіх грамадскіх арганізацыяў былі акрэдытаваныя ў якасці міжнародных назіральнікаў. Пасля досведу назірання ва Ўсходняй Еўропе, нарвежскія выбары здаліся ўдзельнікам “амаль дасканалымі”. Але ёсць што папраўляць і там.

During the Communist rule in the Republic of Poland, an administrative mechanism of property acquisition was put in place. It allowed the state to take over private properties located in the areas designated for construction of public roads without any particular statutory or contractual basis. In law, private owners still retained the title to such properties yet in fact the land was held by the state.

After nearly two years of trial the Tweraneho Listeners Club trial has today finally been dismissed marking a positive step for freedom of expression and the media in the Republic of Uganda in what many have described as a politicised case.

As a result of a founding congress of the Brest Viasna human rights organization on 18 September, the NGO members arrived at a decision to apply for state registration for the fifth time. However, some of the activists say the application is likely to be turned down again.

Over 30 organisations, members of the Human Rights House Network, call on the Republic of Uganda authorities to ensure freedom of expression in the country.

Human Rights House Network and the Observatory are organising a side event in Warsaw entitled “Addressing pressure on Human Rights Defenders in the Caucasus”.

Human Rights House Network representatives participate at the OSCE Human Implementation meeting in Warsaw, Poland.

Human Rights House Foundation and a representative of the international Advisory Board of the Human Rights House Network go on a visit to the Human Rights House in Baku.