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Job Opportunity: Advocacy Operations Assistant
We are looking for a skilled, resourceful and qualified candidate to support our international advocacy programme staff. Fluency in French and English is required.
Обучение правам человека на практике
Выпускникам годового курса по международному праву прав человека довелось применить свои знания на практике, когда сотни протестующих и наблюдателей были задержаны в Минске этой весной.
Director of news agency detained
Mehman Aliyev, the director of Azerbaijani independent news agency Turan has been given 3 months pretrial detention and is facing charges for illegal entrepreneurship, tax evasion, and abuse of power. HRHF calls for his immediate and unconditional release.
Human rights training in action in Belarus
Graduates of a one-year course on international human rights standards had their knowledge and skills thoroughly tested when hundreds of protestors and observers were detained in Belarus this spring.
Educational Human Rights Fest
More than 200 participants from eight countries gathered under the roof of Educational Human Rights House Chernihiv for the first Educational Human Rights Fest in what organisers hope will be an annual event.
Georgian youth on human rights
Is it a mission or profession to be a human rights defender? Do women have the same rights as men in Georgia and how far should journalists go in protecting their sources? Three young Georgians explore these topics.
Global crackdown on funding
Limitations imposed by governments on access to foreign resources for civil society have become a worrisome trend.
5 trials of Belsat TV journalists this week in Belarus
Belarusian authorities don’t allow Belsat journalists to cover official events, arrest them; moreover, there have recently been increasingly frequent trials and fines.
5 судоў на тыдзень – у Беларусі судзяць журналістаў тэлеканала Белсат
Белсатаўцаў не пускаюць на афіцыйныя мерапрыемствы, затрымліваюць, а апошнімі месяцамі – усё часцей выклікаюць у суды і штрафуюць.
Representatives of the independent REP trade union officially charged
On 2 August 2017 the chairman of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Radio Electronic Industry Workers (REP) Henadz Fiadynich and REP chief accountant Ihar Komlik were arrested in Minsk. Henadz Fiadynich is currently under house arrest, and Ihar Komlik is still in custody. On August 10 they were charged.
Прадстаўнікам незалежнага прафсаюза РЭП выстаўленыя абвінавачанні
2 жніўня 2017 г. ў Мінску былі затрыманыя Генадзь Фядыніч, старшыня Беларускага незалежнага прафсаюза работнікаў радыёэлектроннай прамысловасці (РЭП), што на дадзены момант знаходзіцца пад падпіскай аб нявыездзе, ды галоўны бухгалтар РЭП Ігар Комлік, які дагэтуль утрымліваецца пад вартай. 10 жніўня ім былі выстаўленыя абвінавачанні.
Azerbaijan: Crushing all independent media
Azerbaijan has taken another step in its crackdown on independent media, launching a criminal case against media outlet the Turan Information Agency on charges of tax evasion.