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The situation of human rights defenders remains extremely worrying in a number of countries. “Threats, ill-treatments, torture and judicial harassment against human rights defenders remain commonplace,” says Souhayr Belhassen, right, President of FIDH.

Five UN and regional human rights mechanisms and representatives launch a joint warning on the persistent challenges facing human rights defenders on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on Human Rights defenders.

Sama Bahmani, a member of the Coalition of Human Rights Advocates in Islamic Republic of Iran, was detained on July 23, along with three teachers and civil rights activists in the Kurd part of Islamic Republic of Iran. All four were charged with efforts to prepare a report on human rights violations in the region. Right, Sanandaj, the city where they were held and allegedly mistreated and kept in solitary confinement.

“We, members of the National Civil Society Congress, concerned that the crisis now facing the nation have resulted from a leadership crisis and led to much suffering, hereby call on all Kenyans to take part in a national boycott of oil and oil products,” a notice issued last week read.

The National Roundtable meeting on democratic media legislation in the Republic of the Sudan held under the auspices of the Republic of the Sudan Consortium ‘promoting freedom of expression and civil society involvement in the development of democratic media legislation in Sudan’ met in Juba, South Republic of the Sudan on 1st to 2nd December, 2008.

When: Friday, 26. June 2009 To: Friday, 26. June 2009

When: Saturday, 20. June 2009 To: Saturday, 20. June 2009

When: Thursday, 4. June 2009 To: Thursday, 4. June 2009

When: Sunday, 17. May 2009 To: Sunday, 17. May 2009

When: Sunday, 3. May 2009 To: Sunday, 3. May 2009

When: Wednesday, 8. April 2009 To: Wednesday, 8. April 2009

When: Saturday, 21. March 2009 To: Saturday, 21. March 2009