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The Israeli military’s continued targeting of media personnel in Gaza is condemned and international calls for a UN investigation into the attacks is supported.

On 17 January, Maria Dahle, ED of the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF), travels to the UN, New York. The HRHF has submitted an application for a consultative status with the UN, which will be handled during the Regular Session of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on 19-28 January. HRHF’s application has been pending for over two years.

The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders’ will link watch-dog human rights NGOs in the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) and provide assistance to those human rights defenders who face challenges in their work.

The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders’ will link watch-dog human rights NGOs in the South Caucasus (Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia) and provide assistance to those human rights defenders who face challenges in their work.

The Chechen refugee Umar Israilov was killed by gunshots to his head on January 13 as he walked out of a store. One of the four perpetrators was held at the scene. According to Austrian newspapers, he is also of Chechen origin. Israilov was a Chechen fighter who in 2003 was held for three months in Ramzan Kadyrov’s secret prisons and enlisted as Kadyrov’s security guard.

The countries of the former Yugoslavia are being hit especially hard by the dispute over gas between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Above all, residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are having to wrap up warm: both countries are running short of gas supplies. Many homes in Sarajevo are still cold and electric heaters have sold out.

When it comes to the Internet, have some publications given up on all their ethical and editorial responsibility?

These sessions are part of the UPR working group’s 4th session (2-13 February 2009)

A close reading of the academic literature reveals that we do not all conceive of human rights in the same way.

The incoming Obama administration will need to put human rights at the heart of foreign, domestic, and security policy if it is to undo the enormous damage of the Bush years, Human Rights Watch said today in issuing its World Report 2009.

The global survey and country-specific ranking of political rights and civil liberties carried out annually by the independent American organisation Freedom House now ranks the Russian Federation below both Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. The war in South Ossetia is listed as a key reason for the drop and decline.

With the support of numerous non-governmental organizations in B&H, the Movement “DOSTA!”, requests the resignation of the Bosnian Federation’s Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic, right, and his government.