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In 2008, the life and livelihood of Somali journalists have once again been in danger. Attacks to kill, hurt, harass and silence journalists have been persistent throughout the year, according to the Annual Report of Press Freedom Violations in the Republic of Somalia, issued today by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).

Tiampati Ole Kirgoty, 45, looks tired and can hardly support his frail body. He and his two wives are HIV positive. They are supposed to pick up their monthly prescriptions of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) at the district hospital in Narok, capital of Kenya’s Rift Valley Province, but this presents a dilemma for the Kirgotys who belong to a nomadic Maasai community.

The Russian human rights community expresses anxiety on the proposed amendments of the “spying” articles in the Russian Criminal Code. In their opinion, the sum of the amendments adds up to a return to Stalin’s times, when anybody who dared criticize the authorities could be labeled “a spy” and brought to prison, often never to be seen again.

A newspaper columnist was found guilty of slander against Macedonian Premier Nikola Gruevski for comments made last year refering to Gruevski’s role in the controversial privatization of oil refinery OKTA in the late 1990s, a court said on Monday.

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of ACAT, FIDH, OMCT, Global Witness and Frontline, strongly condemn the closing by Iranian authorities of the offices of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, led by Iran’s Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi yesterday.

‘Batko’ Vlaholic’s name was synonymous with terror in Grbavica in 1992, but years on, he apparently remains a free man. The name Veselin Vlahovic “Batko” continues to inspire fear among those who endured terror in the Sarajevo district of Grbavica during the war years. None of the arrest warrants issued so far have led to his actual arrest.

“The Security Council today voiced support for the joint military operation launched by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Republic of Uganda and Southern Republic of the Sudan to flush out the Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) from a remote national park in north-eastern DRC, a Senior United Nations envoy said.

The only radio station in an Islamist-controlled town in southern Republic of Somalia was shuttered by militants in a raid last week, according to the station’s director.

Чацвёртая спроба Руху “За свабоду” зарэгістравацца нарэшце ўвянчалася поспехам, і 17 снежня арганізацыя атрымала рэгістрацыйнае пасведчанне.

As protests and demonstrations move through the Russian Federation, in reaction to the current financial crisis, the Russian authorities respond by unlawfully detaining protesters and attempting to revise current criminal procedural laws under the pretext of anti-terrorism.

Ismet Bajramovic–Celo, right, a Sarajevo wartime commander and alleged mafia godfather, has been found dead in his apartment. Initial evidence suggests that he may have committed suicide.

The row with Greece, EU integration and challenges regarding the global economic crisis were the main topics, Macedonia’s President tackled in his annual address to Parliament.