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The Belarusian Solidarity Day: “Liberation”
On 16 March 2009, the Belarusian Solidarity Day, the Human Rights House in Vilnius and the United Center of Initiatives for Belarus invite you to the screening of “Liberation” and meeting with the film director and its main characters.
Дзень беларуска-літоўскай салідарнасці: дакументальная стужка “ВЫЗВАЛЕННЕ”
16 сакавіка, у Дзень беларускай Салідарнасці, Дом правоў чалавека і Аб’яднаны цэнтр беларускіх ініцыятыў (JuBIC) запрашаюць усіх неабыякавых віленчукоў на прагляд дакументальнай стужкі “Вызваленне” і сустрэчу з аўтаркай і героямі фільму.
Play ‘The Lady of Burma’
In the monologue ‘The Lady of Burma’, actress Ingunn Øyen plays a powerful portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, a women who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her non-violent resistance to the military junta in Burma.
Armenia: HR situation remains highly problematic
Thousands of people gathered to a peaceful rally in Yerevan to honour the memory of victims of 1 March 2008 where 10 people died and 200 were injured. At the same time, the Helsinki Association on Human Rights released a Report about the observance and violations of human rights in the Republic of Armenia in 2008.
MWRC involved in UPR process
Macedonian Women Rights Centre – MWRC took participation in the coalition FYR Macedonia Without Discrimination which submitted stakeholder’s report to OHCHR regarding Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia.
Test negative
The Belarusian regime proves immune to liberalisation. NGO “Nasha Viasna” was officially denied registration which was awaited by the human rights defenders as a litmus test of change in the Republic of Belarus.
Darfuri survivors welcome ICC arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir
Today the judges at the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Omar Bashir, the President of Republic of the Sudan, on charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide in Darfur. It is the first time that such a step has been taken against a sitting head of state.
Bosnian Serb leaders threaten to seek independence
Bosnian Serb leaders have threatened to pull out of state institutions and are pressing anew for independence from Bosnia and Herzegovina, threatening to throw the fragile, multiethnic country into political crisis once again.
Neo-Nazis call for violence and intimidation against Research Center SOVA
The Director of Russian Research Center SOVA along with the colleagues are repeatedly subjected to threats from Neo-Nazi groups.
Belarusian third sector: the main goals are unification and legalisation
VI Assembly of non-governmental organisations and initiatives will take place in Minsk on 6-7 March. Representatives of more than 300 NGOs from all over the country and about 50 foreign guest were invited.
Algerian group case: Fear of outdating
Srdjan Dizdarevic (on right), president of Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in B&H, commenting seemingly forgotten case of Algerian group and expressing his concern on its possible outdate.