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Index on Censorship, English Pen and Article 19 today expressed concern over the 10-year prison sentence given to Thai blogger Suwicha Thakhor.

Беларусам, якія змагаюцца за свае правы , праваабаронцы пракладаюць сцяжыну ў Жэневу. Паколькі Беларусь не ўваходзіць ні ў Еўразвяз, ні нават у Раду Еўропы, у выпадку парушэння дзяржавай правоў грамадзян адзіным механізмам для іх давесці сваю праўду на міжнароднай арэне з’яўляецца зварот у Камітэт па правах чалавека ААН.

CURE Foundation last week launched an online version of the Directory of Women’s Groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), as part of the result of the initiative “Reviving the Women’s Movement in BiH” (RWM). Results of the research on women’s groups in B&H were also presented.

Nikola Sekulovic, right, president of the Movement for Trebinje, has received a call for church trial of Diocese of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and Primorje, because of “the slander in electronic and print media against church dignitaries, clergy and people”.

EHAHRD-Net welcomes the renewal of the mandate on the Independent Expert on Republic of Somalia whilst calling on key actors to take concrete steps to re-enforce the mandate.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called for an independent investigation into the death of Sergey Protazanov, a journalist with Grazhdanskoye Soglasiyel newspaper, who died on 31 March, reportedly after being beaten up.

The Internet threatens to make US obscenity law unworkable, says Marjorie Hein

Organizing legal mass gatherings in some Belarusian cities is a nearly impossible challenge. In Hrodna local authorities for dubious reasons refused mass rallies on the Freedom Day, 25 March, and labour union marches. In Baranavičy activists’ attempts to defend the right for assembly get smashed under an avalanche of unconstitutional decrees by the authorities.

The UK government’s retention of this archaic legislation only serves to justify oppression in other countries, writes Evan Harris.

On March 28 the members of the “First Archibrigade”, an association of students from the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje, staged their “First Architectural Offensive” to protest the construction of a new church on the main city square in Skopje. However, an organized group of opponents was waiting for them on the site of the previously announced peaceful demonstrations.

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Невыканальнай задачай робіцца правядзенне ў некаторых гарадах Беларусі легальнага масавага мерапрыемства. У Горадні ўлады па надуманых прычынах не дазволілі ні Дня волі, ні пікету прафсаюзу. На Берасцейшыне спробы актывістаў абараніць права на мітынг таксама натыкаюцца на скалу антыканстытуцыйных адпісак.