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The State Duma is to consider a series of regulations that could restrict or heavily tax funding for Russia´s NGOs. Veronika Marchenko (picture), the Head of the Mother´s Right Foundation – member organisation of the Russian Research Center for Human Rights,  spends much of her time locked in struggle with the Russian government. (27-AUG-2004)
 

The Upper Garabagh conflict was in the focus of Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov´s meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow last Wednesday. Lavrov said following the meeting that “Russia is interested in a peace settlement of the Upper Garabagh conflict, but the problem will be resolved only if the parties come to terms”. (28 August 2004)

Republic of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said Wednesday the breakaway ethnic Armenian province Nargorno Karabach would have to remain a part of  his country and warned against the dangers of secessionism, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported.  (28 August 2004)

The necessity and effectiveness of close co-operation in the fight against human trafficking was emphasized by participants at a one-day seminar held on 26 August by the OSCE Office in Baku.The event is aimed at increasing the overall understanding of the positivebenefits of cooperation between state authorities and non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs) in the implementation of a comprehensive NationalAction Plan (NAP) against human trafficking, which was adopted by Republic of Azerbaijan in May of this year. (28 August 2004)

The three major Greek newspapers; Athens News, Khatimerini and Eleftherotypia, have all refused to publish a commercial advertisement submitted by the International Tibet Support Network. (26-AUG-04)
 

The Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik attended the official opening of the new Norwegian Human Rights House in Oslo yesterday. In his speech he stressed that co-locating human rights organisations helps strengthen the defense of human dignity. (27-AUG-04)
 

In Minsk a number of large shops refused to sell leading non-governmental newspapers, such as “Belorusskiy Rynok”, “Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta” (“BDG”), “Belorusskaya Gazeta” and “Narodnaya Volia”. The owners of some shops didn’t even bother to notify the editors while canceling the distribution agreements. (26-AUG-04)

The public association “Human Rights Center “Viasna” that was liquidated by the Supreme Court of Republic of Belarus in 2003 continues its activity. On 24 August the lawyers of the organization completed the analysis of one of the stages of the election into the Chamber of Representatives of the National Assembly of Republic of Belarus (Parliament) and presented its results at Viasna´s web site. (26-AUG-04)

The three major Greek newspapers; Athens News, Khatimerini and Eleftherotypia, have all refused to publish a commercial advertisement submitted by the International Tibet Support Network. (26-AUG-04)
 

The Human Rights Houses in Oslo and Trondheim, the latter unattached to the HRH Network, has met to discuss ways to establish closer contact and co-operation between the two long established centrepoints for independent human rights work in Norway’s cities number one and three, respectively. (26-AUG-04)
 

The Norwegian human rights environment is gaining strenght. On August 26 at 5 PM, Prime Minister Bondevik will attend the official opening of the new Human Rights House, now including more organisations and also co-locating with Amnesty International. The move also marks the 15th anniversary of the first Human Rights House ever to be established, in the East End of Oslo, back in 1989. (25-AUG-04)
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The Norwegian human rights environment is gaining strenght. On August 26 at 5 PM, Prime Minister Bondevik will attend the official opening of the new Human Rights House, now including more organisations and also co-locating with Amnesty International. The move also marks the 15th anniversary of the first Human Rights House ever to be established, in the East End of Oslo, back in 1989. (25-AUG-04)
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