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The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression,
Frank La Rue, has come under extraordinary attack while presenting his first
annual report to the eleventh session of the Human Rights Committee in Geneva
on 2 June 2009.

Судовы працэс у справе праваабаронцы Леаніда Свеціка распачнецца 10 чэрвеня ў Віцебскім абласным судзе.

–Although the Kurdish people consist of less than 15% of the Iranian population, they also make up about half of the number of people executed and have [been] subjected to political persecution in the past 10 years.–Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand

Republic of Uganda Journalist Association (UJA) has demanded the release of a journalist currently under detention at Makindye Military Barracks. Mr Patrick Otim is a reporter with the state-owned Mega FM Radio in Pader and Rupiny newspaper.

The fact of being a carrier of HBs antigen closes the doors to work in civil service in the Republic of Poland. The problem is that many people can have/carry such an antigen but it doesn’t have to lead to viral hepatilis B-type disease. It is being estimated that the problem can affect 2 per cent of population. Because of outdated regulation some category of people is excluded from the full access to civil service.

Dear Mr. President, We, the undersigned national and international civil society organisations, write to express our appreciation that you recently appointed commissioners to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). Now that it is properly staffed, we call upon the government to implement key recommendations of the UHRC and ensure it operates independently and without political […]

Sudanese media have suffered multiple blows in recent months as parliament considers a harshly repressive press bill and authorities impose an exceptional level of censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

English PEN is deeply concerned by the harassment of award-winning author, journalist and activist Lydia Cacho, giving rise to fears for her safety. Cacho reports being watched and followed by unknown armed individuals.

Has Cuba moved away from the policies of the old regime? The three-year prison sentence imposed on Habana Press director and independent journalist Alberto Santiago Du Bouchet on 12 May 2009 suggests Raúl Castro is following in his brother’s footsteps.

Aliaksandr Lukashenka formulated his own concepts of democracy and human rights.

The human rights and humanitarian situation in the Republic of Somalia continues to be of utmost concern, says the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders project, notably as a result of recent attempts by the new interim government, established under the 2008 UN-brokered Djibouti peace agreements, to put an end to the Al-Shabab Islamic militia insurgency.

The unprecedented mass protests in Moldova last month would not have happened without Twitter. Natalia Morar should know: she was one of the activists who made it happen