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HRHF and NHC concerned over repeated harrasment of HR defender Svetsik
KGB 220050, MinskProspekt Nesavisimosti 17Tel +375 17-2199299e-mail: info@kgb.gov.by Copy to: Prosecutor’s Office of VitebskVitebsk region210601, ul Zestkova, 14а, Vitebsk, Теl./Fax:+375 212 47-73-27+375 212 47-64-44 The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of BelarusMr Vasilevich G.A.220050 Internacionalnaja 22, MinskTel. +375 17 2264360 +375 17 2264358 The Ministry of Internal AffairsMr Naumov V.V.220050 Ul. Gorodskoj Val, 2Fax […]
Sudanese human rights defenders at risk
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network calls on African civil society to mobilise in solidarity with Sudanese HRDs and on African leaders to put pressure on their Sudanese Counterpart. Sudanse authorities recently shut down three leading national human rights NGOs, including all their local branches.
Systematic intimidation of Kenyan human rights defenders
Kenyan law enforcement agencies have systematically harassed and intimidated human rights defenders, a United Nations independent expert said, expressing outrage at threats made against those who have cooperated with the world body. Right, Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions.
International Conference: Youth and Peace Building
Late last month, youth from 16 countries gathered for an international conference on youth and peace building in Donja Stubica, Republic of Croatia. The youth discussed various positive impacts of peace building, pointing out the example of the successful reintegration of the Podunavlje area in the Republic of Croatia. Right, President of the Republic of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic.
Azeri editor sentenced to one year in jail for defamation
The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) resolutely condemns the unwarranted one-year prison sentence for defamation handed down against “Tezadlar” newspaper editor-in-chief Asif Merzili and the six-month corrective labour sentence issued against Merzili’s colleague, journalist Zumrud Mammedova.
Argentina: Free press, for now
From Raúl Alfonsín onwards, Argentina has done well to move on from the dark days of the generals. But is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s government now threatening media freedoms?
Somali journalists address gender equality in the media
Journalists from Somalia’s mainstream media today gathered in Mogadishu to address gender equality in the media in the country as well as challenges confronting women journalists.
UN-AU meeting focus on latest developments in Darfur
Officials from the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were in Addis Ababa today, where they briefed the AU Peace and Security Council on the latest security and humanitarian situation in the war-torn western region of the Republic of the Sudan.
Belarusian HR defenders receive training on international standards
For citizens of Republic of Belarus, a country that is neither an EU member nor represented in the Council of Europe, referring to the UN Human Rights Council is the only way to prove their point of view on the international level. Late March, a group of Belarusian human rights defenders went to Geneva to learn how to do just that.