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Will Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda face justice?
The former Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, right, has been in custody for more than 100 days now in Gisenyi, Rwanda. Meanwhile, his family and lawyers say they have had no contact with him since his arrest on Rwandan soil on January 22.
GOLJP and Documenta react on Thompson’s concert
Civic Committee for Human Rights (GOLJP) and Documenta protest against planned location for realization of the concert of the Croatian singer Thompson (on right), who is known for his ultranationalistic hate-speeches and songs. The concert is planned to be organized at the main square in Zagreb, which GOLJP and Documenta find inadequate.
Семінар “EP Elections 2009: Local Media – Europe Wide”
3 чэрвеня 2009 года адбудзецца шостае паседжанне Віленскага Медыя Семінару, якое будзе прысвечана ролі новых медыяў ў выбарчай кампаніі ў Еўрапейскі парламент: «Local Media – Europe Wide» .
HRHN calls for a fair trial in Leanid Svetsik’s case
Over 30 organisations of the Human Rights House Network have published a letter of concern calling on the Belarusian authorities to hold a fair trial of Leanid Svetsik, a human rights defender from Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus.
Беларускі прэзідэнт: “Правы чалавека – гэта толькі балбатня!”
Аляксандр Лукашэнка сфармуляваў уласнае стаўленне да дэмакратыі і правоў чалавека.
HRHN calls for a fair trial in Leanid Svetsik’s case
Over 30 organisations of the Human Rights House Network have published a letter of concern calling on the Belarusian authorities to hold a fair trial of Leanid Svetsik, a human rights defender from Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus.
HRHN calls for a fair trial in Leanid Svetsik’s case
Over 30 organisations of the Human Rights House Network have published a letter of concern calling on the Belarusian authorities to hold a fair trial of Leanid Svetsik, a human rights defender from Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus.
HURINET-U and partners launch major initiative on the 2010 ICC review conference
The Human Rights Network-Uganda (HURINET-U), the international organisation “No Peace Without Justice” (NPWJ) and the Ugandan Coalition for the International Criminal Court (UCICC) this week launched a nation-wide initiative in the Republic of Uganda to highlight the importance of the Review Conference of the International Criminal Court, which will be held in Kampala in June 2010.
Colleagues mourn as fourth Somali journalist dies
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is shocked by the death of veteran journalist Nur Muse Hussein, right, pictured in his hospital bed shortly before he died. Nur Inji, as he was also known, passed away today from injuries he sustained from a targeted shooting in Beledweyne city of Hiran region in Central Republic of Somalia on 20 April 2009.
Sudan’s parliament debates harsh new press law
Reporters Without Borders and Sudanese lawyer and parliamentarian Salih Mahmoud Osman, winners in 2005 and 2007 of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, have made a plea for amendments to be made to a harsh draft law on the written press currently going through parliament.