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Election campaign brings polarization along national lines
The one-month election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina, preceding the General Elections scheduled for 1 October 2006, has reminded the non-partisan observers of the rhetoric that had been employed in the nineties of the previous century and it has failed the expectations regarding opening of opportunities for the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union, as reported by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (29-SEP-06)
Momcilo Krajisnik sentenced to 27 years of prison
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Momcilo Krajisnik, former senior Bosnian Serb political official, to 27 years of prison, and acquitted him of genocide charges. (29-SEP-06)
Follow ISHR’s daily reports on the UN Human Rights Council sessions
Catching up on the Geneva based International Service for Human Rights´ daily reports on the ongoing sessions of the UN Human Rights Council, please follow this link to consult all the reports published so far, one per day, up until and including yesterday. (07-OCT-06)
http://www.ishr.ch/hrm/council/updates/dailyupdates.htm
‘Dreaming Lhasa’ shortlisted for the 16th Films from the South Festival
The 16th Films from the South Festival will take place in Oslo from October 5.– 15 2006. Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi (Iran) and Norwegian minister for Culture Mr Trond Giske will open the 16th Films From the South Festival on Thursday October the 5th. ‘Dreaming Lhasa,’ a feature film by Ritu Sarin and Tenzin Sonam is among the selected films to be screened for the festival. (27-SEP-06)
Norwegian authorities call on Vitnam to release Rafto laureate
First Deputy Chairman Mrs Erna H. Solberg, right, (The Conservative Party) yesterday called on Vietnamese authorities on behalf of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Norwegian Parliament to release this years Rafto Prize recipient, Thich Quang Do. (26-SEP-06)
Rafto Prize to Vietnamese defender of religious freedom and human rights
The board of the Rafto Foundation has awarded the 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize to one of Vietnam´s most prominent defenders of democracy, religious freedom and human rights: Venerable Thich Quang Do. He receives the prize for his personal courage and perseverance through three decades of peaceful opposition against the communist regime in Vietnam, and as a symbol for the growing democracy movement in the country. (21-SEP-06)
Education along religious lines?
By law in the Russian Federation the Church is separated from the State. It is not supposed to meddle into affairs of the State and vice versa. But in practice it is not so. (25-SEP-06)
HRH Board member Bernt Hagtvet awarded the Humanist prize
Professor of political science Bernt Hagtvet, right, a long-standing member of the HRH Foundation’s board, has been awarded the prestigeous Humanist prize. The prize is awarded by the Norwegian Humanist Association, who says that Hagtvet was selected for his clear and public humanist stance in questions to do with democracy, human rights, freedom of belief and expression, and equality between people of different religious and cultural origin. (24-SEP-06)
The Position of Polish NGOs regarding recent statements by state high officials against the Judiciar
“It is with growing unease that we have noted statements by the highest state authorities, including the Minister of Justice–Prosecutor General and the President of Republic of Poland, slighting the good name of Polish courts – the third pillar of power in a democratic state with the rule of law.” state Polish NGOs in their public statement. (22-SEP-06)
Belarus: Kidnapping or Attempt to Help?
The search of Belarusian 10-year citizen Vika Moroz continues from September 8. The orphan brought up at the Belarusian residential school is still in Italy. Her Italian ‘adoptive parents’ try to defend the girl out of “violence” in Belarus; Belarusian authorities state about “the kidnapping” (22-SEP-06)
The 2006 Rafto Prize for Vietnamese human rights defender
The board of the Rafto Foundation has decided to award the 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize to one of Vietnam´s most prominent defenders of democracy, religious freedom and human rights: Venerable Thich Quang Do. He receives the prize for his personal courage and perseverance through three decades of peaceful opposition against the communist regime in Vietnam, and as a symbol for the growing democracy movement in the country. (21-SEP-2006)
Ms. Rebiya Kadeer thankful for Nobel nomination
In a statement 13. September 2006, The Uyghur American Association (UAA), which represents the collective voice of the Uyghur people in the United States of America, expresses delight by the recent news that its current president, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Rebiya Kadeer was awarded the Rafto Prize in 2004. (21-SEP-2006)