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The Kurdish Joan of Arc, Leyla Zana, and three other prominent Kurdish MPs have been freed after ten years from Turkish jail pending on appeal. The 1994 Rafto Prize award recipient, said after her release; “Today is not the day to fuel sad feelings or pain, today is the day for brotherhood and understanding.”  (22-JUNE-04)

In the monthly programme Wednesday Dialogue, Raftohuset arranged a seminar about Palestine.
The seminar was held on the 2nd of June, with the title “Palestine – the Lost Land, the Palestinians
from one tent to another”.  Around 40 people attended the seminar and took part in the discussions on Palestine: the land, the people, the humanity and the hope. (11-JUN-2004)

The War and Children Identity Project (WCIP) in Bergen will soon release their third report
“The War Children of the World – Report 3 – 2004” which will summarize the latest accomplishments of the project, and present new selected articles concerning the situation of war children all over the world, as well as articles discussing the problems of research withing this issue. (10-JUNE-04)

The 4th edition of the Human Rights Workshops for Students, organised by the HFHR, has come to an end. On June 2, 30 people received their certificates. However, first they had to pass an examination on human rights theory and complete the practical part, which meant taking up activity in support of human rights. (04-JUN-04)

The one-day conference on socioeconomic issues was held in Sarajevo, organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies on Thursday, May 27, 2004.

Last week Zene Zenama – Women to Women in co-operation with Independent Trade Union in BiH, organised a public discussion on a topic “Implementation of Likvidacy law – influence on women rights, woman position and other consequences.” (29-MAY-04)
 

The Norwegian Human Rights House will move to new facilities on 7 June 2004. In addition to the present organisations at the Human Rights House, we will share offices with Amnesty International, Nansen Dialogue Project, The Norwegian Council for the Rights of Kurdish People, and The Norwegian Burma Committee. The intention is to strengthen human rights work both on a local, national and international level. New contact details: Tordenskioldsgate 6b, 0160 Oslo, Norway. Tel: (+47) 22 47 92 00, Fax: (+47) 22 47 92 01. (28-MAY-04)
 

The Norwegian Human Rights House will move to new facilities on 7 June 2004. The present organisations at the Human Rights House will share offices with Amnesty International, Nansen Dialogue Project, The Norwegian Council for the Rights of Kurdish People, and The Norwegian Burma Committee. The intention is to strengthen human rights work both on a local, national and international level. New contact details: Tordenskioldsgate 6b, 0160 Oslo, Norway. Tel: (+47) 22 47 92 00, Fax: (+47) 22 47 92 01. (28-MAY-04)
 

From September 6th through the 12th 2004 Norwegian PEN will host International PENs world congress in Tromsø.  The safeguarding and further development of literature written in minority languages is one of the main themes at this congress which will take place in Tromsø in the northern part of Norway, the other theme being writers in exile.(24-MAY-04)
 
 

The combination of gross humiliation and violence that we have been witnessing these last weeks – the torture in the prisons of Iraq, military actions against civilians in Iraq and the demolishing of lives and homes in Gaza, represent severe and destructive attacks on human rights and human dignity, says Ms Nora Sveaass at the International Society for Health and Human RIghts (21-MAY-04).
 

An international conference titled “Activists under Attack. Defending the Right to be a Human Rights Defender” is to be arranged in Oslo, Norway, on 13-14 October 2004. Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the Human Rights House Network will host the conference.(24-MAY-04)
 
 

The combination of gross humiliation and violence that we have been witnessing these last weeks – the torture in the prisons of Iraq, military actions against civilians in Iraq and the demolishing of lives and homes in Gaza, represent severe and destructive attacks on human rights and human dignity, says Ms Nora Sveaass at the International Society for Health and Human RIghts (21-MAY-04).