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Arrests for Graffiti
“Freedom to political prisoners! Freedom to Autukhovich!” – Piotr Ruzau, a youth activist, wrote on a wall of a meat packing plant and was arrested for that by police on May 13.
Continued violence against journalists symptomatic of ongoing repression in South Caucasus
ARTICLE 19 is becoming increasingly concerned that acts of violence against journalists in the Republic of Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan d Georgia are on the rise. Previous attacks have seen a lack of independent and prompt investigation, creating a climate of impunity for the perpetrators and fear amongst journalists working in these countries.
Seminar: Unjust and inefficient? Dublin II and the right to asylum in Europe
Nobel Peace Center and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee invite to a seminar and the opening of a photo exhibition ‘Waiting Room’ by Linda Bournane Engelberth.
EP Elections 2009: Local Media – Europe Wide
The 6th session of Vilnius Media Seminar will focus on the role of new media in the 2009 election campaign to the European Parliament: «Local Media – Europe Wide».
Беларускі назіральнік: “Нас лучыла павага да закону”
17 траўня Літва выбірала новага прэзідэнта. За хадой выбараў сёлета назіралі і маладыя беларусы – прадстаўнікі беларускіх грамадскіх арганізацый і студэнты Еўрапейскага гуманітарнага універсітэта.
Арышты за графіці
“Свабоду палітвязням! Свабоду Аўтуховічу!” – пісаў на сцяне мясакамбіната актывіст апазіцыйнай моладзевай арганізацыі Пётр Рузаў, і быў затрыманы за гэта міліцыяй.
Where?
10 years have passed since one of the leaders of Belarusian opposition Yury Zakharanka has mysteriously disappeared. This is how the whole sequence of similar disappearances of the people well-known in the country began. It is still unknown where those people are and what happened to them. The authorities answer the question “where?” with arrests and violence.
“When a woman is slapped, she forgets that she was the cause of it.”
Scandalous statement declared by the representative of the House of Peoples in Federal Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), Muharem Serbezovski (on right) publicly condemned by NGO sector in B&H.
Belarusian-Lithuanian solidarity concert
Belarusian HRH in Vilnius will host a solidarity concert of Belarusian and Lithuanian guitar singers.
HRHN presents the 2008 Annual report
The Human Rights House Network has published the 2008 Annual report, which gives an overview of the Network’s activities in 2008.
Women in Macedonia promoting unity
MWRC is implementing the project “Get familiar with each other, act and promote unity”, which has the aim to improve women’s position in Macedonian society. Project envisions several joint workshops, creation of Women NGO Council and establishment of the network of women NGOs on local level.