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Consciously and intentionally, directly or indirectly, the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child have been continuously violated in the Una-Sana Canton over the past ten years, said Sejfo Mustafic (right), chairman of the Velika Kladusa Municipal Council. (23-NOV-05)

The current leadership of the Norwegian section of the inernational faith-based humanitarian organisation the Salvation Army believes homosexuality contradicts the word of God. This is why, according to themselves, they have removed a gay officer from his original functions within the organisation and given him other, less public relations-oriented tasks to deal with. (23-NOV-05)
 

A United Nations committee is expected to block an attempt by the United States and European nations to single out six countries — Islamic Republic of Iran, North Korea, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar), Republic of the Sudan, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan — for condemnation on human rights abuses. Arguing that Western nations have double standards on human rights, all six countries will be using a procedural device to thwart the adoption of the six resolutions by calling for “no action motions”. (23-NOV-05)
 

Oslo: During their visit to the Human Rights House November 21, the Kurdish mayors Sukran Aydin and Leyla Guven, right, urged the European Union to keep pressure on Republic of Turkey with regard to the position of the Kurdic minority. Several Kurds have been killed during recent clashes with Turkish police and security forces in South Eastern Republic of Turkey, reported Aydin and Guven. (22-NOV-05)
 

Thanks to the unflinching initiative of Catharina Vogt, right, and students at the Steiner School in Vestfold, south west of Oslo, several Gulu based children and youth now receive funds to cover their school fees and other costs related to their education. In total, some 5770 USD have been fundraised, to be distributed among ten children and youth, in most cases for a minimum of seven years? education. (22-NOV-05)
 

Burma has ratified UN?s Convention on the Rights of Women. Even so, the military regime still uses rape as a tactical weapon against the country?s ethnic minorities. Now, women?s organisations request an international boycott of their own country, say Moe Kham and Wah Ku Shee, right, both interns with the Norwegian Burma Committee at the Human Rights House in Oslo. (22-NOV-05)
 

Burma has ratified UN´s Convention on the Rights of Women. Even so, the military regime still uses rape as a tactical weapon against the country´s ethnic minorities. Now, women´s organisations request an international boycott of their own country, say Moe Kham and Wah Ku Shee, right, both interns with the Norwegian Burma Committee at the Human Rights House in Oslo. (22-NOV-05)
 

Representatives of Helsinki Committees and other human rights organizations from throughout Europe, Central Asia and North America, meeting in Budapest for the General Assembly meeting of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) expressed their concern that human rights are in retreat in the OSCE region, with human rights defenders and civil society structures threatened especially in the name of preserving security. (21-NOV-05)

Crushed by the disastrous election results on 6 November, the Azeri opposition is slowly regaining its strength. Following protests and requests to organize new elections, it has reorganized itself into a new coalition, the Democratic Front. More than 20 000 joined the rally on Saturday the 19th of October in Baku  (20-NOV-2005).

The Colombian lawyer and human rights defender Alirio Uribe Muñ¯º¼STRONG>  (right) from el Colectivo de Abogados ?Jose Alvear Restrepo? visits Norway 20-23 November to ask for assistance to protect and support human rights defenders and victims of the 40-year armed conflict. (20-NOV-05) Norwegian language version
 

Baku: Crushed by the disastrous election results on 6 November, the Azeri opposition is slowly regaining its strength. Following protests and requests to organize new elections, it has reorganized itself into a new coalition, the Democratic Front. More than 20 000 joined the rally on Saturday the 19th of October in Baku (20-NOV-2005).
 

The Day of Political Prisoners is not a free holiday. But several thousand people gathered on 30 October to remember the millions of people who had suffered from the “Red Terror” for their thoughts and views during the soviet period. In Yekaterinburg, Nakhodka, Penza Rostov, Ryazan, Syktyvkar and Moscow people lit a candle and, in memory of the victims, stood for a minute of silence. (20-NOV-2005)