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Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth had a 3 days visit to Republic of Azerbaijan. On 16 July he had a meeting with a few key human rights NGO-s to get updated on human rights situation in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The meeting also aimed at discussing political situation in the Republic of Azerbaijan one year prior to the Presidential Elections 2008. (17-JUL-07)

The uneasy work of human rights defenders and their protection has been on the agenda for many years. At the end of OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, held in Vienna on 12-13 July 2007, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights released a statement concerning the human rights defenders at risk. (15-JUL-07)

On July 12 the Embassy of Royal Norway in the Republic of Azerbaijan organized the meeting with the human rights defenders of Republic of Azerbaijan. During the meeting, there was discussed the current public political situation and oil incomes of Republic of Azerbaijan. The chair of the meeting, the Ambassador of Norway, Mr.Jon Ramberg (right) mentioned that the national policy should be aimed at “turning black gold into human gold”. (13-JUL-07)

The case of Elnara Ahmedova – a 17-year-old prostitute with AIDS, caused big reaction within the society. Being aware of her disease, she had sexual intercourse with about 200 men since 2003, two of which have already confirmed AIDS infection. The current arguments are now about if the prostitute is a criminal or a victim of unfortunate circumstances. (11-JUL-07)

Republic of Azerbaijan Young Lawyers Union is conducting trainings for law enforcement on “Struggling against human trafficking; cooperation between governmental and civil society organization” within the programme of CRS in the South Caucasus on enhancing the collaboration between civil society and governmental bodies on struggling against human trafficking. (09-JUL-07)

After almost a year of intensive efforts, the Human Rights House in Baku passed the registration at the Ministry of Justice on the 25-th of May 2007. The HRH Baku was registered as a branch of Human Rights House Foundation in the Republic of Azerbaijan Republic.
(08-July-2007)

On 5 July the head of the Human Rights Center of Republic of Azerbaijan (HRCA) Eldar Zeynalov (right) had a meeting with the “AGO” Monitoring Group. The main issues of the discussion were current political situation in the Republic of Azerbaijan as well as the list of political prisoners, composed by the Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Republic of Azerbaijan. (06-JUL-07)

The statement of President Ilham Aliyev (right) about the prohibition on punishing policemen who committed violence against citizens during the parliamentary elections in 2005 has caused negative reactions in society. The majority of public and political figures of Republic of Azerbaijan is concerned on the consequences of such statement. (05-JUL-07)

The Human Rights House Foundation is concerned with the statement of president Ilham Aliyev made at the Policy Academy on 2 July 2007. HRHF condemns the promise of unpunishment to the police for the violent dissolution of the demonstrations. HRHF always condemns the use of violence against oposition and independent journalists during national rallies. (06-JUL-07)

On the 2-nd of July 2007 president Ilham Aliyev (right) gave a speech during the graduation ceremony at Azerbaijan’s Police Academy.  He said that despite of the permanent international call to punish the policemen, who “had prevented the illegal actions of politicians during demonstrations, none of the policemen would be punished, as they were carrying out their professional duty”. (03-JUL-07)

The ´Prom´ Foundation of Educators and Youth, the Association of Young Journalists POLIS and the Viridarium Polish Students Group against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia – one of the member organisations of the Human Rights House in Warsaw – are the authors of the educational project ´Warsaw Diversified: Youth Program aimed at Accepting Differences´ [´Warszawa Roznolita: Mlodziezowy program akceptacji roznic´]. (14-SEP-07)
 

Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, returned to the Human Rights House in Oslo today and presented a very grave picture of the human rights situation in her home country Islamic Republic of Iran. -It is deteriorating by the ay, she said, as she also made it clear that the HRH Network has a crucial role to play for human rights defenders like herself, working at high risk and under pressure from authorities and others. (14-SEP-07)