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ARTICLE 19 has issued a public statement in the wake of the London bombings. The free expression organization has voiced concerns about how proposed security measures will affect fundamental freedoms. (30-AUG-05)

-In the last six month, the violence in Turkish Kurdistan has seriously escalated. In view of this, RKR (RÃ¥det for Kurdernes Rettigheter / The Norwegian Council for the Rights of the Kurds) considers it immensely positive that both parties to the conflict now seem to nurture a wish for peace, says RKR spokeswoman Liv Kjølseth (right) (30-AUG-05)
 

In the wake of the 7 July bombings in London, new security measures will have a dramatic impact on fundamental freedoms, reports ARTICLE 19. (30-AUG-05)
 

The conflict around the Union of Poles in the Republic of Belarus continues. On Thursday, Belarusian border guards refused entrance to Roman Varszytski, a TV cameraman from Republic of Poland. (29-AUG-05)
 

The government of Nepal is sanctioning the use of threats, violence, detention and censorship against the media community. In a letter sent today, the Norwegian Journalists Association and the Norwegian PEN asked King Gyanendra to reinstate press freedom in Nepal. (29-AUG-05)
 

A Scots local newspaper editor is facing charges of incitement to racial hatred after he published an editorial opposing a proposed refugee centre in the north-east of Scotland. Index on Censorship reports.
 

The conflict around the Union of Poles in the Republic of Belarus continues. On Thursday, Belarussian custom officers refused entry to Roman Varszytski, a TV cameraman from Republic of Poland. (29-JULY-05) 
 

The government of Nepal is sanctioning the use of threats, violence, detention and censorship against the media community. In a letter sent today, the Norwegian Journalists Association, the Norwegian PEN and the Human Rights House Foundation (HRH) asked King Gyanendra (right) to reinstate press freedom in Nepal. (29-AUG-05)
 

Last week, HRH met Mrs Winnie Okidi, Executive Director of the Gulu based organisation War Affected Children Rehabilitation Organisation (WACRO). Okidi was in Norway on a combined information and fundraising visit and had met with a number of other Norwegian NGOs working in Norway as well, and also with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (26-AUG-05)

In a letter to Belarus´ President Lukashenko sent today, the Norwegian Union of Journalists (NJ), the Human Rights House Foundation (HRH) and Norwegian PEN express grave concern over recent crackdown on free expression in general, and the harassment of Polish-speaking journalists in the Republic of Belarus. (25-AUG-05)
 

A Scots local newspaper editor is facing charges of incitement to racial hatred after he published an editorial opposing a proposed refugee centre in the north-east of Scotland. Index on Censorship reports (22-AUG-05).
 

-Our prison staff could do well with some basic human rights training, said Imad Ahmad (right), Deputy Prime Minister of the PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) Administration of one of the two self-determined Kurdish regions within Iraq. Mr. Ahmad visited the Norwegian Council for the Rights of the Kurdish People (RKR), one of the organisations in the Norwegian Human Rights House in Oslo last week. (23-AUG-05)