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The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, right, scheduled to begin on January 26, 2009 in The Hague, marks an important stage in efforts to establish responsibility for the use of children in military operations, Human Rights Watch said today. Another Congolese warlord sought by the ICC, Bosco Ntaganda, remains at large.

A new UN report into the killing of 33 civilians and wounding of 108 others in a camp for displaced people in Darfur last August concludes that Sudanese government security forces violated international human rights law by using lethal force in “an unnecessary, disproportionate and therefore unlawful manner.” Right, civilian victim from a previous attack.

This month, while the Cuban government celebrates the 50th anniversary of its revolution, English PEN as part of its Writers in Prison Campaign, highlights the continued illegal imprisonment of Léster Luis Gonzélez Pentón, right. Six years after his arrest, the Cuban government continues to use arbitrary detention to threaten and stifle freedom of expression.

Over the last few days, vigils, silent protests and commemorative meetings for Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova, the two most recent victims of politically motivated murders, have taken place all over the Russian Federation. The participants demand a thorough, transparent and impartial investigation into the murders, and for the perpetrators to be brought to trial. Effective steps for the protection of human rights in the Russian Federation must also be taken.

Center for Peace Studies – CMS held a training from 8th-10th January where the Coordination body of organizations for providing social services to asylum seekers in the Republic of Croatia was established. The training was held within CMS long planned project regarding improvement of social services for asylum seekers.

The European Union has issued one of its strongest messages to Bosnia to date, warning its “fear-mongering” leaders that there will be no “blank checks” for EU membership or entry into the Schengen White List for visa-free travel.

Together with Human Rights Center, a Georgian NGO, and Caucasian Knot, a regional human rights organisation, HRHF goes to Armenia for meetings with local NGOs on the establishment of a human rights NGO network in South Caucasus.

HRHF goes to Georgia for meetings with local human rights organisations, including the Human Rights Centre, a local NGO, to discuss the establishment of a human rights NGO network in South Caucasus.

Together with the Human Rights Centre, a Georgian NGO, HRHF goes to Azerbaijan for meetings with local human rights organisations to discuss the establishment of a human rights NGO network in South Caucasus.

Супольнасць міжнародных праваабарончых арганізацыяў асуджаюць забойства праваабаронцы і адваката Станіслава Маркелава і журналісткі Настассі Бабуравай. У звароце да расейскіх уладаў, праваабаронцы заклікалі да правядзення расследавання забойства і абароны расейскіх праваабаронцаў.

Danuta Przywara, the President of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights sends a letter to Dmitri Medvedev, the president of the Russian Federation condemning the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova

Social workers took away the child Boshko from the Prilep family, because Lodgevi violated one of the established regulations in the contract which they signed before taking the child. The foster family without consultations with the authorities from the Welfare Center, invited the media on his first birthday. Megjashi Embassy reacts to both.